How RxDegree Helps Support URAC Pharmacy Accreditation

Maintaining proper medication storage conditions is essential to protecting medication integrity, reducing preventable loss, and preparing for pharmacy accreditation.

URAC's pharmacy standards place specific emphasis on temperature management. Published URAC Pharmacy 5.0 materials state that pharmacies continuously monitor drug storage areas for refrigerator temperature, freezer temperature, ambient room air temperature, and humidity.

RxDegree provides continuous environmental monitoring designed to help pharmacies meet these monitoring and documentation needs.

Continuous Temperature & Humidity Monitoring

URAC Pharmacy 5.0 identifies continuous monitoring of:

• Refrigerator temperature
• Freezer temperature
• Ambient room temperature
• Humidity

RxDegree continuously collects these environmental readings, providing pharmacies with visibility into conditions throughout their facility without relying solely on periodic manual checks.

Refrigerator & Freezer Monitoring

Medication refrigerators and freezers are critical storage environments.

RxDegree provides continuous temperature monitoring for pharmacy refrigeration equipment, allowing teams to track current conditions and maintain historical temperature records.

If temperatures move outside established limits, designated personnel can be alerted so the pharmacy can investigate and respond.

Real-Time Excursion Alerts

Collecting data is only part of an effective monitoring program. Pharmacy personnel also need to know when something has gone wrong.

RxDegree can automatically notify designated personnel when monitored conditions exceed established thresholds.

This helps pharmacies identify temperature and humidity excursions sooner and provides documented information about when an excursion occurred.

Environmental Monitoring Beyond Refrigeration

URAC's published Pharmacy 5.0 materials don't limit monitoring to refrigerators and freezers. They also identify ambient room temperature and humidity as continuously monitored conditions.

RxDegree allows pharmacies to monitor these conditions throughout medication storage areas from the same platform used for refrigeration monitoring.

Historical Records & Reporting

Continuous monitoring creates an ongoing record of environmental conditions.

RxDegree automatically records and time-stamps sensor readings, giving pharmacy teams access to historical environmental data and reports when reviewing excursions, evaluating storage conditions, or preparing for accreditation activities.

Instead of relying exclusively on handwritten logs and individual monitoring devices, environmental records can be managed through one centralized platform.

Supporting URAC Accreditation

What RxDegree can provide is the environmental monitoring infrastructure to help pharmacies support applicable URAC temperature-management requirements.

With continuous temperature and humidity monitoring, refrigeration monitoring, automated alerts, historical records, and centralized reporting, RxDegree helps pharmacies maintain better visibility and documentation of critical medication storage environments.

Monitor continuously. Respond faster. Document automatically.

RxDegree helps pharmacies turn environmental monitoring into an automated, documented process that supports their broader URAC accreditation efforts.