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Kevzara storage
Storage of your kevzara is not easy. I have thermometers in my refrigerator for monitoring. They say your refrigerator should be under 40 f for food storage. Where Kevzara should be between 36-46.
If I put my refrigerator at 40, it would dip down to 30.
I was very concerned with this. I even contacted the people that make it to see if the fluctuation would be ok. They basically said it must be kept between 36-46 or its no good. It can be ok once pulled out at room temp for 2 weeks (but what's room temp, that could be anything, they wouldn't commit to a temp for that)
I had to start using a seperate small refrigerator. (The door never opens unless the kevzara is going in or out) I bought a govee thermometer that graphs the temp. I put the actual thermometer inside the kevzara box to monitor it. As all refrigerators will have a temperature swing. Especially with all of the open and shutting of the door. I'm adding a graph of my current temps. I'm just saying, your refrigerator is not as constant as you might think for temperatures. And with a med that costs over 2k, you want it to work. Watch your. Temps.
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Have you used the same thermometer to graph the temps in your family refrigerator? The best place to keep a drug would be along a wall with a door hinge, on a bottom shelf. I used a clear plastic shoe box with lid. Plus I kept the injectables in a small paper sack to further limit air flow exchanges around them.
Worked like a charm.
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2 Reactions@jabrown0407 yes I tried mapping temperatures in several spots, including the butter compartment, and all the shelves and storage compartments. The biggest concern, keeping food at 40 and under and the kevzara above the 36. No matter where I put it, it would get to cold. Only thing I could do was use a different fridge. Just wanted to let people know, your fridge may not be doing what you think
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2 Reactions@ronludington Butter compartments are designed to keep butter cool, not cold. They are normally in the door, which is warmer than any other place in the fridge.
I'm glad you found a solution that works so well for you. I know it wasn't easy and as you pointed out the cost of the drug is $$$$$!
Thanks for sharing.
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3 Reactions@ronludington Good information. Didn’t you post this a few months ago?
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3 Reactions@stonewheel yes, i did respond in the past about it, I think it's just so concerning to me I want to make sure anyone that uses it knows. And these posts can get lost very easily . Plus I had a graph I could show... 🙂 😀
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1 Reaction@ronludington that’s so good. You are so right.
I just thought I had tripped into the future for a while and then fell back.
Glad I hadn’t dreamed it.
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1 Reaction@stonewheel well sir, im at that point in life, I could have pretty much forgotten I had ever said anything about it. You know how us old folk tend to repeat our stories !!! 😉
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2 ReactionsMy wife tells me I do that.
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