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Temperature and Humidity Validation/Mapping in Storage Area

Learn about the temperature mapping including the location and number of sensors to be placed in the area.
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Temperature and humidity are important factors in the stability of the pharmaceutical ingredients. Temperature sensitive materials can
degrade at higher temperature therefore it important to validate the storage area for temperature.

In pharmaceuticals refrigerators, incubators, stability chambers, controlled sample rooms

and raw material storage areas are need to be validated. These areas are monitored for 24
hours for three consecutive days.

Limits of the temperature and humidity depend upon the material to be stored in the area.
These should be defined according to the recommendation of the manufacturer. We can
tighten the limits but it should be justified when we use the wider limits.

Measurement of temperature and humidity should be accurate. Error in temperature and

humidity should not be more than 0.2C and 3% respectively. Thermocouples or data
logger can be used for the monitoring of the area. If any software is used for the collection of
data then it must be validated and comply 21 CFR Part 11 guidelines.

Number of sensors used in temperature and humidity mapping is a confusing topic of the pharmaceutical professionals because most
of the regulatory guidelines do not say about the number of sensors to be used in mapping. According to USP a suitable number of
thermometers of other temperature recording instruments should be used for temperature mapping.

Related: Principle of Hygrometer and Its Use in Pharmaceuticals

But International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering (ISPE) says to use 9 sensors for the area less than 2 m3 in volume.
These sensors should be placed in all corners and one in the center. If volume of area is between 2 m3 to 20 m3, 15 sensors should be
used for mapping. Placement of 9 sensors should be done as 9 sensor configuration and addition sensors should be place at the
center of the floor, ceiling and four walls. If area is larger than 20 m3, additional sensors should be used by understanding the criticality
of the area. Some distance should be maintained between wall and the sensors. All sensors must be calibrated before starting the
mapping and should be traceable to NIST.

Mapping should be done twice in year in coldest and hottest days of the year. Hotspot should find after the mapping and routine
temperature mapping should be done at this point.

Also see: SOP for Temperature Mapping in Storage Areas

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3 comments:

venugopalareddy lanka 13/4/14 07:51

Nice and very useful topic to each and every pharmaceutical industry.It is better if the time interval is provided to record temperature and humidity
for hot spot in routine.
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Andr van Zyl 15/4/14 23:49

See the new proposed WHO Guideline for more detailed requirements
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Unknown 26/9/16 08:44

Hi, how is temperature mapping of Raw material Storage areas done. And how do we evaluate the storage condition for a particular Raw material
if its supplier suggests storage in cool and dry place and not exact temperature of storage or humidity requirement.
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