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Protocol · VAL-P02

Thermal Mapping Protocol - Vehicle and Cold-Chain Transport

Mapping of refrigerated vehicles and passive shippers across seasonal and route conditions.

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Purpose

To define the method for mapping and qualifying the temperature performance of refrigerated or temperature-controlled vehicles and of passive shipping containers used for the distribution of time- and temperature-sensitive products, so that products remain within their labelled storage conditions throughout transport under the routes, durations, loads and seasonal conditions actually encountered.

What is inside

14 sections, about 3 pages when printed.

  1. 1. Purpose
  2. 2. Scope
  3. 3. Responsibilities
  4. 4. References
  5. 5. Definitions
  6. 6. Prerequisites
  7. 7. Acceptance criteria
  8. 8. Study design
  9. 9. Execution
  10. 10. Data analysis
  11. 11. Outcome
  12. Deviations
  13. Data integrity
  14. Report

How to complete it

  1. 1.Verify and configure loggers (VAL-F08); complete the placement register (VAL-F01) with photographs; record vehicle / shipper identity, set points, pack-out details and load.
  2. 2.Perform pull-down / pre-conditioning; record time to reach set point and ambient.
  3. 3.Perform the static loaded test; then the road test or chamber exposure per the plan, recording events.
  4. 4.Perform door-opening challenges at the planned points; record times.
  5. 5.Retrieve loggers, download raw data unaltered, post-verify loggers, complete VAL-F08.
  6. 6.Analyse per section 10; document deviations (VAL-F09).

Before you use it

  • Replace every square-bracket token, starting with [LABORATORY NAME], [ADDRESS] and [EFFECTIVE DATE]. The full token list is in GD-01 Read Me First.
  • Have the content technically reviewed against how your laboratory actually works, then approved by the responsible manager before it becomes a controlled document.
  • Update the Word fields after editing so the table of contents and page numbers are correct: select all, then press F9.
  • Record the document in your own document register and set its review date.

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This is an original template published by ValiTrac. It does not reproduce the text of ISO/IEC 17025 or of any accreditation body publication, and it does not by itself confer or guarantee accreditation. Customise, review and approve it before use.