What Is The Function Of A Glycol Temperature Probe?

The primary purpose of glycol buffers is to protect against sudden and sharp air temperature changes - such as fluctuations due to the opening or closing of refrigerator doors or normal defrost cycles.

TLDR (Too Long Didn't Read): A buffered probe will more accurately reflect the temperature of the items stored within a fridge or freezer, particularly vaccine vials, compared to an unbuffered probe.

1. FlashCheck Certified Min-Max Alarm Thermometer
Product code: IC-12238 

The IC-12238 Certified Alarm Thermometer features:

• 1 x stainless steel blunt probe enclosed in a sealed plastic bottle of propylene glycol
• 1 x 3-meter sensor cable
• min/max memory
• large and easy-to-read LCD, and
• high/low alarm settings to alert you when your preset temperature parameters are breached. 

This thermometer is recommended for monitoring temperatures inside freezers, refrigerators and cold holding display cases.

Type: Thermometer
Temperature Range:  -50°C to 70°C 
Temperature Accuracy:  ±0.5°C (-30°C to 55°C); otherwise ±1.0°C 

2. Cx400 Series Data Loggers For Vaccine Refrigerators
Product code: IC-CX402-T215

The CX402-T215 closely monitors temperatures in refrigerators, freezers and other temperature-controlled environments.  Collected information is sent to an app on a smart device via Bluetooth Low Energy. 

Key benefit: The Intemp app (Apple & Android) allows you to view your data logger’s status, set alarms remotely, and create and download PDF reports while ‘on the go’. 

Other features:

• built-in LCD screen to view current and daily min/max temperatures
• advanced audible and visual alarm capabilities for notification of temperature excursions
• internal sensor for ambient temperature monitoring, and
• NIST Certification of Calibration.

Type: Data Logger
Temperature Range: -40° to 100°C
Temperature Accuracy:  ±0.5° C from 0° to 50° C

3. USB Vaccination Monitoring Kit
Product code: IC-EL-USB-VAC

The IC-EL-USB-VAC is a temperature data logger with a glycol bottle probe designed for vaccination monitoring.

Features and Benefits: 

• Effortless initial data logger configuration and data downloading – plug a USB into a computer to interface with the free, intuitive EL-WIN-USB software that runs on Windows.
• Measures and stores 32,510 time and date-stamped readings before requiring download to a computer.
• Information at a glance - press a button on the unit to cycle through recent highest and lowest stored temperature readings, plus view them on the high contrast LCD.

Type: Data Logger
Temperature Range: -40° to 100°C
Temperature Accuracy: ±0.1°C 

4. Dual-Channel GFX Vaccine Monitoring Kit with Graphic Screen and Audible Alarm
Product code: IC-EL-GFX-VAC2

The IC-EL-GFX-VAC2 is a dual-channel vaccine monitoring kit with the capacity to measure and store up to 250 000 readings.

Features & Benefits:

• Select the logging rate and start-time, plus download the stored data by plugging the data logger into a PC's USB port, then running the purpose-designed software under Windows XP, Vista, 7 & 8.
• This model includes two glycol filled bottles with thermistor probes on 3.0m cables -suitable for monitoring two areas simultaneously.

Type: Data Logger
Temperature Range: -40° to 100°C
Temperature Accuracy: ±0.1°C (-10 to 70°C ) ±0.3°C (remaining range)

5. Vaccine Temperature Monitoring System (Vtms) Data Logger
Product code: IC-VTMS

The advanced Vaccine Temperature Monitoring System (VTMS) by Madgetech is ideal for the continuous measurement and data logging of temperature sensitive vaccines or pharmaceuticals in refrigerators, freezers, and coolers.

Features & Benefits:

• The RFTCTemp2000A data logger in the VTMS system has a convenient LCD to ensure temperature parameters can be monitored in real-time.
• Minimum, maximum and average statistics are viewed via the LCD.
• When set to real-time chart recording mode, the VTMS sends alerts via email or text messages anytime the monitored refrigerator has failed or when the outside temperature breaches a nominated range - so you can take immediate action to ensure vaccines and pharmaceuticals in storage are preserved.

Type: Data Logger
Temperature Range: -50 °C to +80 °C 
Temperature Accuracy: ±0.5 °C