Cold storage for blood transfusions, pharmaceutical drugs and more.
Raul, his new wife and their baby girl are a family living in a remote village in South America. He works long hours every week to feed his family but Raul is sick and has had to cut back, leaving his family with unpaid pills and a growing need for grocery money. According to the local doctor, he needs a kidney transplant badly but he can’t afford to travel to the nearest hospital and the medical center in the village does not have an organized organ donation process.
Although Raul is a fictional character, dozens of medical relief and emergency aid organizations transport transfusions, tissue, vaccines and other sensitive medical items to isolated communities like Raul’s every year. Countless off-grid isolated communities don’t have the proper cold storage to allow for organ and vaccine storage or refrigerated pharmaceuticals, in turn, limiting the health services available to individuals in the community.
In such isolated areas, portable cold storage has countless benefits, especially when it comes to medical storage. The Aldelano Solar ColdBox is a solar cooler that harnesses the power of the sun to provide solar refrigeration to communities with unmet medical needs. These cold boxes have a variety of uses.
Cold Storage for Blood Transfusions
Before blood can be safely stored for transfusions, it first has to be donated, processed and tested. Once it has made it through all that, it can be transported and stored via some form of cold storage for a limited amount of time before it goes bad. Hospitals, clinics, medical organizations and nonprofits looking for a safe, reliable way to transport blood can use the Aldelano Solar ColdBox to efficiently manage and distribute blood for people in need.
Organ and Tissue Donations
This solar powered cold box can also be used for organ and tissue donations. Just like blood, these are very sensitive medical items that need to be safely handled and stored in order to be utilized. The Solar ColdBox is well-equipped to transport delicate medical materials.
Vaccine Storage
The Centers for Disease Control provide strict instructions on how to safely handle and store vaccines, which includes proper cold storage in every step of the transport and handling process. If a vaccine is improperly stored or transported, it can result in a substantial decrease in disease protection. Whether medical workers are transporting vaccines into off-grid communities or participating in a mobile vaccine operation in a well-developed part of the country, portable cold storage can ensure that the vaccine’s potency isn’t going to suffer.
Solar Refrigeration for Pharmaceuticals
The Aldelano Solar ColdBox also provides solar refrigeration for pharmaceuticals. The stability of many pharmaceutical drugs is largely based on correct or incorrect storage. Recommended cold storage conditions vary based on the drug but Aldelano’s solar coolers all feature temperature monitors and alarms to ensure any drugs inside are being stored at the optimal temperature at all times.
The Aldelano Solar ColdBox provides the ideal conditions for a variety of medical supplies and gives healthcare workers and organizations the ability to safely transport these supplies wherever they need to go. Contact us today to learn more about the capabilities of this off-grid cold storage solution.