Hi All,

We've moved our -80 a couple times as we changed buildings.

The first move, the tissue was left in the freezers and dry ice was placed in any large empty spaces. The doors were closed and the freezers were allowed to come back to temperature (if any rise in temp took place). They were then placed on the truck and moved. The chart recorders were kept on by battery to make sure no temperature excursions took place. They were then plugged in at the new building and worked fine.

The second move was somewhat easier because we hired a company that had trucks with 220V plug ins. However, the process was pretty much the same.

Have everything ready at the location you're moving to before you move. Those freezers will hold their temperature a long time, but it's best not to tempt fate by leaving them unplugged any longer than necessary.

Hope this helps,

-Brady

Brady P. Arnold
EHS Officer
Sekisui XenoTech
913-227-7143



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> >Our bioengineering department will be moving to their new digs 0.3 miles away from their present location, all within campus. Anyone willing to share their experience or some best practices on moving a number of minus 80 freezers and their contents?

I suspect that others have more experience with the physical aspects of such a move, but based on experience with similar collections, one best practice before disturbing such a collection of samples is to be sure that there is a good inventory of what the contents of the collection are before the move and that they have been culled as much as possible. Such an inventory is an asset that is rarer than one might think.

And from my time in working with people who have dealt with insurance claims after such a collection has suffered a loss, financial values for the collection should be assigned BEFORE an event leads to such a claim. "Priceless" is not a useful assessment for this purpose.

Good luck!

- Ralph

Ralph Stuart, CIH, CCHO
Environmental Safety Manager
Keene State College
603 358-2859

ralph.stuart**At_Symbol_Here**keene.edu

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