Cargo delivery is a complex process with many pitfalls and nuances. When fulfilling orders for the delivery of goods for a wide variety of purposes, the carrier company takes into account all the features of the procedure , which allows you to deliver the cargo on time, maintaining all its quality characteristics. Certain difficulties exist when choosing transport for the delivery of specific goods – medicines, medicines, etc.
Features and rules of cargo transportation of medications
Medicines are fragile goods , so their delivery requires special care. During transportation, certain standards are observed to maintain the quality and quantity of medical cargo, including temp control transportation. Moreover, this concerns both the safety of packaging and pharmacological properties.
Transportation of medicines by road requires compliance with a number of conditions:
- The rolling stock used for delivery must have special equipment to create the necessary conditions for transporting this class of cargo over long distances.
- Cargo transportation is carried out only in clean transport.
- Medicines cannot be transported in vehicles that are not adapted for these purposes or that are simultaneously used for transporting goods for other purposes (food, building materials).
- Medicines transported in a van must be reliably protected from bad weather, sunlight, dust, dirt, etc.
- Packaging of medications in production containers is carried out before shipment from the manufacturer. Compliance with this condition ensures the safety of drugs.
- Transportation of dry collections must be carried out exclusively in closed containers.
- Transportation of phyto-preparations is carried out if there is appropriate marking on the container indicating the group of drugs.
- Not only vehicles used for transporting medicines should be kept clean. Loading areas must also meet the requirements .
- It is necessary to maintain a certain level of humidity inside the vehicle carrying out transportation.
- Loading/unloading of medicines is carried out in a covered area, protected from precipitation on the cargo. Work from an open platform is permitted only in clear, windless weather.
- Boxes and boxes with medicines should not be placed on the ground, wet floors, or other surfaces that do not meet cleanliness requirements.
- Loading/unloading carried out at night must take place in the presence of sufficient lighting.
Transport for delivery of medicines
Transportation of medicines is usually carried out using refrigerated vehicles. Transport is a container with the ability to set the required temperature. The closed van of the car reliably protects medications from bad weather, street dust and sun. Among the advantages of refrigerated transportation is the ability to establish and control the required level of humidity and temperature, which is very important when delivering medicines.
Refrigerated transportation of medicines can be carried out not only using road transport. In addition to refrigerators, the arsenal of modern means for preserving medicines has been supplemented by specially designed climate control systems. Installing indicators on the walls of the van allows you to monitor even minor temperature changes inside the medicine container. The devices operate in the range -5 – +25°C.
Transportation of medicines must take place at a constant temperature. It is installed before the drugs are loaded and maintained until unloaded at the destination.
The above rules for the delivery of medicines must be complied with by the carrier company. Negligence in transporting medicines leads to the loss of their healing qualities.