Refrigerators and thermometers for pharmacies

What are the most important characteristics when choosing a pharmacy refrigerator?

When purchasing a pharmacy refrigerator, you must take into account several characteristics that will allow you to find the product that best suits your needs. Among the essential characteristics for pharmacy refrigerators we find:

- Storage volume: It is expressed in liters in the technical sheets. The volume will depend on Depending on your activity, a large storage need will require more liters of capacity. For easy storage, some refrigerators are also equipped with adjustable storage drawers or racks that will allow you to easily adapt your refrigerator to your needs.

- Temperature range: Most refrigerators have a range between 2° and 8° which is ideal for storing medications in the pharmacy, but there are also refrigerators with colder temperatures. These cabinets are more designed for the management of vaccines and fragile medications.

- Settings: It will depend on the of the space available in your pharmacy or laboratory. There are several different configurations: the “closet” type, similar to a traditional refrigerator, the “chest” type, which is horizontal and opens at the top, and the “built-in” type, which offers smaller refrigerators that can be installed easily. A change in configuration will affect the directly to the storage capacity.

- Doors: Depending on your wishes, the door(s) can be made of glass, solid, with sliding or swing openings. There are automatic closing systems in some models and most refrigerators are equipped with alarms in case you forget to close the doors.