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31/08/2020 by Andrew Gibson

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The International Safe Transit Association (ISTA) is a nonprofit organization which researches and tests various packaging formats. It develops also standards for the packaging transport industry.  The ISTA are the industry leaders in package performance testing and are at the forefront of Responsible Transport Packaging.

With extensive research and testing behind the ISTA standards, many companies are requesting that their packaging be tested to specific ISTA standards.

Most importantly manufacturers of cold chain packaging can test with ISTA ambient profiles and demonstrate the performance of their systems.  As a result, customers can then compare alternative suppliers packaging performance with the same ambient challenge.

Cold Chain Packaging Operational Qualification

The ISTA ambient profiles are a great place to start Operational Qualification (OQ) testing.  Many cold chain packaging manufacturers  “pre-qualify” the  shipping system using representative payloads and test to ISTA’a summer and winter profiles.

The ISTA is an international organisation with a heavy influence from the USA.  It has a broad scope that encompasses packaging and transport standards but pertinent to this conversation is a sub-group focusing on pharmaceuticals.  This sub-group is active in the preparation of guidelines that can be useful in the industry.  Some of the more informative are:-

  • Temperature profiles for summer and winter in North America
  • Temperature profiles for summer and winter in Europe

Why use ISTA Standards?

We recommend using the ISTA standards because they allow performance comparison between different types of packaging and between different types of pack-outs.  It allows companies to test packaging from one supplier against the standard and to compare packaging from one supplier against another supplier.

More Information

  • ISTA’s web site
  • CoolPac’s pre-qualified cold chain packaging
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Environmental chambers are used to create a challenging ambient temperature to qualify the cold chain shippers.

CoolPac are specialists in pharmaceutical cold chain.  We consult, test, manufacture and source the best aspects of cold chain products while keeping a pharmaceutical perspective.  It’s with these key competencies that bring added value to your business.

 

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Filed Under: Pharmaceutical Cold Chain Tagged With: ISTA, Qualification

About Andrew Gibson

Andrew has worked in a few pharmaceutical / medical device companies. He's certainly seen the inside of many facilities during stints in both Production & Quality roles. Having cut his teeth at CSL in the early 80s (gee that sounds sooo long ago) he then went on to work in quality and validation - just as validation/qualification was maturing into the management systems that the industry knows today.

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