Evaluating and Applying Data Loggers for Pharmaceutical Monitoring

The ability to monitor environmental conditions easily and reliably is important in many areas of the pharmaceutical industry. From the moment raw materials are received to final product delivery, it’s crucial to ensure that factors such as temperature and humidity remain within acceptable limits. In the case of an out-of-tolerance event, it’s essential to be able to quickly pinpoint the location and time of a violation in order to address the problem and get back on track. It’s also necessary to be able to provide industry, federal and international regulators with the data they require in the event of an audit.

Today’s battery-powered data loggers are small, low cost, rugged devices that can take secure, unattended measurements at user-specified intervals 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. They monitor a wide range of environmental parameters (e.g., temperature, relative humidity, CO2, light), and are proven powerful tools for use in storage, shipping, manufacturing, research and facilities management applications. They don’t require wires or power sources, and eliminate the human effort and error associated with manual monitoring operations.

Whether you are an experienced data logger user or are just getting started, this guide will help you to understand how data loggers can be applied in the pharmaceutical industry, and provides advice on important factors to consider when evaluating different data loggers for your application.