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Time-sensitive products such as medicines, vaccines, cosmetics, and replacement items such as water filters require careful monitoring of their shelf life and expiration dates.

Inaccurate monitoring can result in waste, loss of efficacy and potentially dangerous consequences. Timestrip Time is a reliable time indicator solution that allows manufacturers and end users to keep track of their products throughout their lifetime.

What is Timestrip Time?

Timestrip Time is a time indicator label that provides a simple and effective way to monitor the passage of time. The label consists of a paper or plastic card, with an irreversible visual indicator that changes its pattern over time.

Typical applications are:

• Medical and healthcare environment. Items such as hospital curtains needs regular replacement to main standards of hygiene. Drugs have an expiration date, and stocks must be rotated to avoid wastage. A Timestrip indicator can make this a simple and highly visible operation. Endoscopes need to be sterilised promptly as part of standard procedure, and again a time indicator can ensure that is part of best practice.
• Manufacturers can include time indicators with their consumable products such as filters and brush heads. Regular changing by end users keeps equipment working efficiently and safely, and boosts supplier revenues.

How to use a Timestrip Time indicator?

The Timestrip Time label is activated by pressing a button on the label's back. Once activated, the label starts tracking the elapsed time, with the visual indicator changing as time passes. The label can be customized to track different time intervals, ranging from hours to several years.

Timestrip Time offers several benefits over traditional time monitoring methods:

Accurate and reliable

Timestrip Time provides accurate and reliable time monitoring, with the visual indicator changing pattern as time passes. The speed of the process is calibrated to ensure accurate tracking of time, even in varying environmental conditions.

Easy to use

Timestrip Time labels are easy to use and do not require any specialized training or equipment. The label's clear visual indicator makes it easy to monitor elapsed time, and the label can be attached to almost any surface, including primary products, packaging and equipment. End users can interpret the indicators as easily as supply chain professionals.

Customizable

Timestrip Time can be customized to meet the specific time monitoring needs of different industries and applications. The label's activation time, elapsed time, and visual indicator can be customized to suit a wide range of products and environments. Customer branding is also available.

Cost-effective

Timestrip Time is a cost-effective time monitoring solution compared with other methods such as electronic timers or manual recording. The label's low cost and ease of use make it a practical choice for any organisation that needs to ensure time is monitored effectively.

Contact us today to learn more about how Timestrip Time can benefit your business.

Our versatile Timestrip neo indicators can be customised for any industry where time and temperature monitoring are essential.

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Customization opportunities for our Timestrip neo electronic indicators are nearly endless.

For instance, users can choose from a range of display options, with up to 7 LED lights.

They can also select from a variety of branding options from colors and fonts to logos.

Time

Our Timestrip neo indicators can show elapsed time up to several years, Timestrip neo’s time indication means stock rotation has never been simpler!

Temperature

Many products require precise temperature monitoring, and that's why our devices can monitor a range of -20°C to +60°C to an accuracy of 0.5°C.

Finally, users can select between different features, such as the ability to display multiple temperature alarms, include a breach timer, or even a temperature integrator.

Read more about our stock Timestrip neo options: the 0.5ºC / 2-8ºC Fridge shipment indicator, the Room Temperature indicator, and the Freeze alarm shipment temperature alert indicator.

Timestrip neo time and temperature indicators travel with packed food and provides clear alerts if temperature or shelf life limits have been breached.

Watch our video to see how Timestrip neo works in the food industry:

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The Timestrip neo range includes indicators for accidental freezing and for chilled conditions. Read more about Timestrip neo.

London/UK – Miele S8 Silence Plus Allergy model,  features an added value Timestrip solution to alleviate the problem of remembering when to change and replace the all important filter. The S8 unit features the HEPA AirClean filter, a HEPA Class 13 filter which achieves 99.95% filtration and holds back even the most minute particles and pollen, making it an ideal choice for allergy sufferers. Miele has chosen Timestrip to provide the change and replace visual reminder on the HEPA filter cartridge, to provide a clear visual notification of the need to replace the filter. Activating the indicator couldn’t be easier: when fitting a new filter, the user simply presses on a green arrow indicator on the side of the filter housing the Timestrip. This triggers the Timestrip and results in the release of a specially formulated fluid encapsulated into the smart label. As the months pass, red indicator fluid slowly extends across the time check window. After approximately one year, the fluid fills the window and reaches the right-hand end of the strip, prompting the user to replace the saturated filter. According to Miele: “Miele’s HEPA filters are equipped with a Timestrip indicator – this innovative filter replacement reminder is attached directly to the filter. When the bar is completely red, it indicates that the filter is saturated and must be replaced. The Timestrip helps you to keep a check on your filter and ensure that it is functioning at its best.”. Commenting on the Miele project, Timestrip’s Nora Murphy said “This is a great example of a low-cost solution to the age old problem of reminding consumers that components in their products do need changing at the correct interval, and shows how leading brands are choosing Timestrip to help make this a simple, effective and value-adding proposition.”

We have an exciting new year ahead filled with new products, news and opportunities!

Happy New Year, from all of us at Timestrip!

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We are currently shipping Timestrip neo indicators. Read more about our small electronic time temperature indicators here.

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 If our 3 stock products do not suit your needs, talk to us about customising today

Changing seasons, global warming, customs delays – these can all make food supply chain management more of a challenge than ever. Many foodstuffs suffer spoilage if exposed to too high a temperature, but simple tools are available to monitor ambient conditions and provide alerts if breaches to expected conditions are detected.

New regulations make it mandatory to implement formal procedures for food handling. For example, the US FDA will introduce a new food traceability rule in November 2022. 

Timestrip food indicators can:

• Reduce product spoilage and wastage
• Help suppliers to comply with local and national regulations
• Demonstrate a commitment to responsible quality assurance systems and good manufacturing practices

Timestrip liquid-based temperature indicators

Timestrip produces a wide range of indicators based on reliable chemical processes, from the Timestrip PLUS 170 that produces an alert at -20ºC, to the Timestrip PLUS 171 that reacts at 38ºC, there are stock products available to suit every need. For food monitoring, a popular choice is the Timestrip PLUS 065 with an alert set at 8ºC ascending and an indication of how long the set temperature has been breached – up to 8 hours.

The single use indicators are easily activated and read with little or no training required. Some are designed with FDA compliance in mind.

For picking and packing of fresh fruit and vegetables, indicator labels can be attached to punnets for example. Dairy products such as ice cream may use a Timestrip PLUS 058 -14ºC label ascending, and for frozen shipments of any kind, a Timestrip PLUS 077 0ºC ascending indicator is ideal.

Timestrip liquid-based time indicators

For high value goods, a Timestrip Time 24 month time indicator can provide stock rotation / shelf life monitoring for up to 24 months.

A unique serial number on each indicator make these products completely traceable as part of a quality management system.

Food temperature data recording

For applications where a record of temperature data is required, the Timestrip Micro Data Logger TL520 is a compact and economical ‘micro data logger’ that provides alerts when temperatures breach set limits, and allows the logged data to be downloaded to an app for investigation and analysis. Simpler and easier to use than conventional data loggers, the TL520 requires minimal training in use, and can be used at any point in the cold chain.

The 2-8ºC default settings make the TL520 ideal for monitoring cold chain (refrigerated) temperatures in the storage and transport of foods.

Package level electronic monitoring

Timestrip neo indicators are specially designed electronic devices that are cost effective, accurate and reliable, and so support the actions required to manage the food hygiene and safety procedures in food businesses, and ensure that end customers enjoy the highest quality product.

Timestrip neo indicators:

• Give accurate and reliable visual alerts to breaches in temperature level and duration
• Are small and robust enough to travel with the product throughout the supply chain
• Are suitable for field or factory use - simple to use and read
• Are much cheaper than conventional data loggers
• Include a unique serial number printed on each indicator for traceability

The Timestrip neo Fridge TT525-AB stock product indicates at -0.5C, 2C and 8C, with time monitoring for the 8ºC level. It can therefore be ideal for monitoring all types of frozen and chilled foods, fresh fish and other seafood, meat, salads, vegetables etc.

Have questions about monitoring food with Timestrip? Contact us today.

Timestrip® has added to its recently announced neo platform with two new stocked products.

The Freeze Alarm is designed for products that are sensitive to freezing, and provides a visible alert if the ambient temperature drops below 0ºC for 30 minutes; it shows a further alert at 60 minutes.

The Room Temp indicator monitors the range 15 to 25ºC, and alerts at one hour.

The two new indicators complement the first Timestrip neo product, the Fridge Alarm, which reacts at three temperatures and five time intervals.

All the products check temperatures around twice a minute, and are expected to be popular in healthcare applications including vaccines and pharmaceuticals, as well as foodstuffs, paint, adhesives and chemicals. Serial numbers on every product provide for traceability in quality control systems.

Timestrip neo is the latest platform for a range of single use electronic temperature and time indicators that provide highly versatile operation at low cost. More accurate than liquid indicators, the electronic indicators have been specially developed to combine ease of use with a very small and light form factor. All Timestrip neo indicators are suitable for pack level monitoring with both time and multiple temperature settings.

“The Timestrip neo platform technology can cover a very wide range of user needs. We have anticipated three of the most common applications with the Fridge Alarm and now the Freeze Alarm and Room Temperature indicators and will hold them in stock for rapid despatch.”

Gabriel McGlynn, Chairman of Timestrip.

Other configurations of time and temperature are available to order for quantities as low as 20,000 units. Contact us today for more information.

Timestrip® has developed a completely new electronic indicator technology capable of highly versatile operation at low cost. The Timestrip neo is a platform for a series of single use electronic temperature indicators suitable for pack level monitoring with both time and multiple temperature settings.

Timestrip neo

The Timestrip neo can be specified in a wide range of temperatures for both ascending and descending alerts, and for different time durations. If any of the set conditions are breached, a system of flashing LEDs provides clear information to the user. A standard configuration is available from stock.

The small form factor of the micro-weight Timestrip neo, and its ease of use, makes it ideal for widespread use on packages in the pharmaceutical, healthcare, food and high value manufacturing sectors.

Time and temperature integration is also supported, so that acceptable time limits are reduced at elevated temperatures, making the Timestrip neo ideal for protecting goods such as perishable foodstuffs that deteriorate faster at higher temperatures.

The unique design provides monitoring at three temperatures, and shows the cumulative time above a specific temperature level. For example, in the standard configuration, a descending temperature that reaches 2⁰C will cause an LED to flash; another LED will light when this drops as low as -0.5⁰C. A third set of LEDs show when the temperature has exceeded 8⁰C for 2, 4, 6 or 8 hours.

A unique serial number is provided on every unit to provide traceability as part of a quality control system.

Timestrip neo technology opens up a new avenue of possibilities for Timestrip. Partnering with electronic design and manufacturing specialists Holtronic Ltd to design the Timestrip neo platform has enabled us to offer a completely new series of products to our clients.

Gabriel McGlynn, Chairman of Timestrip

“The Timestrip neo platform technology is complementary to liquid-based indicators, and offers higher accuracy while maintaining the low cost, small form solutions our customers need”, said Nora Murphy, Commercial Director of Holtronic. “The small size and cost effectiveness of Timestrip neo are common benefits across the series of products.”

Want to see more about our newest indicator? Read more about electronic time and temperature monitoring here.

Samples of Timestrip neo are available mid-August, product available from mid-September.

Timestrip will be showing off our time and temperature indicators at the Florida International Medical Expo in Miami from July 27 - July 29th, 2022.

FIME is the largest leading event in the medical device, sterilization, innoculation and equipment sector for the Americas.

This event is FREE! You can register at: FIME Show registration

 We will be introducing our brand new electronic indicator at FIME. If you are attending, please stop by Booth J70 to get samples of our liquid indicators and learn about our newest electronic indicator.

Interested in knowing more about Timestrip & the Medical industry?

Here are some of the ways Timestrip is being used today:

Disinfection and sterilisation

Laparoscopes, arthroscopes, endoscopes, surgical and dental instruments and many other simple or complex instruments require thorough cleaning before disinfection and sterilization processes to remove inorganic and organic materials. Timestrip one hour time indicators are used by technicians to ensure that equipment is not left to stand for longer than the hour, prompting timely processing.

In one such application, the small Timestrips are attached to containers carrying complex medical instruments (endoscopes) for sterilisation, and with a single button press, the one-hour countdown process is started, at the end of a which a clear, unambiguous visual alert is shown

Blood supply monitoring

Tenet Healthcare used Blood Temp 10 temperature indicators to monitor blood transportation. These helped the company to comply with regulatory guidance by providing auditable proof that blood core temperature was maintained when returned to the blood bank. A survey by PDC Healthcare reported that the blood bag temperature indicators helped Tenet significantly improve blood transportation quality control and workflow efficiency.

Vaccine monitoring

Timestrip acted fast to develop vaccine monitoring solutions when coronavirus vaccines became available requiring deep freeze cold chain storage and transport down to -70C.
One solution is the VRM30 indicator shows the time that vaccines have been held in the chilled 2-8C range, and has markers for 1, 5 days up to 30 days, learn about our newest electronic indicator.

1. Timestrip has developed innovative time and temperature indicators that travel with healthcare products and provide a clear indication of time in use, or a breach in acceptable storage or use conditions. The disposable ‘smart’ indicators provide peace of mind, and alert operators to the need for intervention.

2. Temperature and time monitoring of pharmaceutical or other sensitive products is achieved throughout the whole cold chain, from manufacturer through transport and logistics to retailer and patient.

3. Summer temperatures are an especially important time for ensuring safe storage and shipping of medicines e.g. for pharmacists using home delivery. Patients have confirmation that goods have been safely transported.

4. When applied to temperature or time sensitive products, customer benefits include reduced product wastage, audit trail / traceability, and assistance in regulatory compliance.

5. Timestrip’s full range of liquid-based indicators are capable of monitoring time from one hour to two years, and temperatures from -4°F to 100°F (-20°C to 38°C). Electronic products are available which include devices that store data for download to smartphones.

6. Vaccine storage and shipments and transport of virus specimens are just two of many applications where hospitals need reliable temperature monitoring. The TL520 is a compact and economical ‘micro data logger’ that provides alerts when temperatures pass set limits, and provides an immediate irreversible indication of over- and under-temperature conditions using built-in LED lights.

7. The TL520 is a single use device with an accuracy of ±0.5ºC over the normal operating range. It requires minimal training in use, and can be used at any point in the cold chain.

8. Timestrip is a global company with 15 years’ experience designing and manufacturing unique products. It services customers around the world, direct and through a network of specially trained distributors.

9. The company’s own research and development team develops new products for bespoke applications. It has an IQC–approved certified manufacturing facility that conforms to ISO 13485:2016, and ISO 9001:2015. Regulatory compliance: Timestrip has a FDA 510K medical device for blood bag temperature monitoring.

10. Smart indicators from Timestrip provide peace of mind for healthcare professionals and patients alike.

Interested in how you can incorporate Timestrip into your monitoring? View our pharmaceutical solutions. For enquiries, please contact us.