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Temperature Indicating Coatings, Pigments, Ink, Paint & Labels Photochromic Paint, Ink Dyes, Powder, Slurry and Masterbatch

HemoTemp® II: For AABB Accredited Blood Product Monitoring

Ensure the quality and safety of your blood products with temperature monitoring. Key Takeaways: Maintaining specific temperature ranges during blood storage and transit is vital. Even minor temperature deviations can affect whole blood, impairing its effectiveness...

Did Your Medical Equipment Get Bumped or Dropped in Transit? Know With ShockWatch.

Take the proactive approach: ShockWatch impact indicators offer key info at a glance.  Key Takeaways: Precision in medical equipment calibration is crucial for accurate diagnostics and effective treatments. The transport of sensitive medical equipment poses risks,...

Is That Bag From the Blood Bank Really Safe? The 30-Minute Rule vs. Visual Monitoring with HemoTemp II

Be safe. Be compliant. Be assured that blood is safe with a glance. Key Takeaways: The 30-minute rule for blood transfusions, established in the 1970s, aimed to prevent bacterial contamination and maintain blood cell viability, but modern healthcare environments face...

The Importance of Maintaining Ultra-Cold Temperatures for Cell and Gene Therapies

MaxiLog Alert: Because every degree matters in the cold chain Key Takeaways: Maintaining temperatures as low as -80°C (-112°F) or even -200°C (-328°F) throughout the supply chain is vital for preserving the viability and effectiveness of CGT products. Temperature...

Do You Know The Real Cost of Relying on Validated Packaging?

Validation packaging isn’t enough. Ensuring product quality demands visible proof. Key Takeaways: Relying solely on validated packaging without ongoing monitoring can lead to costly issues such as product spoilage due to temperature excursions. Hidden spoilage, caused...

Are You Ready? The DSCSA Deadline is November 27.

Enforcement will be strict and swift. Meet the challenges with SpotSee. Key Takeaways:  The DSCSA establishes a national track-and-trace system for prescription drugs to combat counterfeit drugs and ensure patient safety. The act requires the electronic exchange of...

Using WarmMark Indicators for Home Delivery of GLP-1 Medications

As the demand for brand-name and compounded GLP-1s skyrockets, ensuring the safe and effective delivery of medications to patients' homes has become increasingly important. That is especially true for temperature-sensitive drugs like GLP-1 (glucagon-like peptide-1)...

How to Protect Your Injectables and GLP-1s from Temperature Excursions in Storage and While Traveling

When it comes to your injectable medication, maintaining the right temperature is essential Key Takeaways: Injectable medications, particularly GLP-1 drugs, play a critical role in managing chronic conditions such as diabetes and obesity, but they are fragile and...

SpotSee’s HemoTemp® II Receives Standards Accreditation From AABB

Industry Leading Product Achieves International Accreditation    DALLAS, July 24, 2024 — SpotSee, a global leader in condition monitoring and sensing solutions, today announced it has received the “Standards-Compliant” accreditation from the Association for the...

Real-Time Cold Chain Monitoring Keeps Ice Cream Dreams Alive

Keep your ice cream and other cold chain products scoop-tacular. Key Takeaways: Maintaining the cold chain is crucial for preserving the quality, texture, flavor, and safety of temperature-sensitive products like ice cream. Data loggers are vital in ensuring the safe...

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Definitions

Temperature indicating coatings and materials include chemical indicators, labels, pigments, paints or other indicators that change color when exposed to a certain temperature. These products are either irreversible and designed for one-time use providing evidence of attained temperature or are reversible and can change back and forth to provide an indication of the current temperature. Photochromic pigments, paints and inks change color when exposed to UV light reversing to colorless when removed from the UV light exposure.

Operating Principle

Temperature indicating labels, coating, paint, ink and pigments incorporate materials that exhibit thermochromism, a physical property that undergoes a change in color in response to a change in temperature. Photochromic paints exhibit a photochemical reaction to UV light changing from an essentially colorless state to colored.

Microencapsulating Thermochromic Liquid Crystals and Leuco Dyes increases accuracy, stability and life expectancy of the product. Leuco Dyes, Thermochromic Liquid Crystals and Chemical Indicators are thermochromic substances LCR Hallcrest offers as a label, coating, pigment and paint. Photochromic Paint is also available as a Powder, Slurry, Ink and Masterbatch.

Categories

Coating – Coatings are a layer of something deposited upon a material surface to add or enhance desired properties.

Pigment – a dry insoluble color matter or substance usually pulverized which when suspended in a liquid vehicle becomes a paint, ink, etc.

Paint – is a pigmented liquid mixture used on a substrate as a decorative or protective coating. Color changing paint can be used to monitor surface temperature and alert operators to potential hazards, maintenance requirements, etc.

Ink – A colored liquid or powder that is printed, sprayed, rolled to substrates to create markings, patterns or graphics. Color changing inks are smart and react to environmental fluctuations with color change.

Labels – an adhesive backed thin film for adhering to a surface with color changing material that can be either a reversible or a permanent change indicator with a scale or alert color.

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