ARES Cool 10.5 cu. ft. Solid Door Compact Pharmacy Refrigerator

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ARES Cool 10.5 cu. ft. Solid Door Compact Pharmacy Refrigerator – Product Highlights

• A forced draft air circulation system actively distributes conditioned air throughout the 10.5 cu. ft. cabinet interior, providing uniform pharmacy cold storage temperature distribution across all six shelf levels — a meaningful advantage over passive-cooling pharmacy refrigerators in clinical environments where top-to-bottom temperature consistency is required for CDC-compliant vaccine and medication storage.
• The included CDC-compliant Temperature Monitoring Device (TMD) with certificate of calibration provides documentation-ready vaccine cold chain verification for pharmacy cold storage programs, public health clinic refrigerators, hospital satellite pharmacy installations, and any clinical environment subject to CDC vaccine storage guidelines or institutional cold chain audit requirements; see how to select a medical refrigerator for vaccine programs for further compliance guidance.
• Maintaining a precise 2°C to 8°C (36°F–46°F) range via microprocessor controller with digital display, this unit provides pharmaceutical-grade cold chain temperature control for vaccines, injectable medications, biological samples, reagents, blood products, and cannabis extracts in pharmacy dispensaries, clinical laboratories, vivarium cold storage environments, and satellite healthcare facility installations.
• With six adjustable shelves within a 23.75″ W × 26.5″ D × 59″ H cabinet requiring only 4 inches of rear clearance for ventilation, this unit delivers space-efficient upright pharmacy refrigerator capacity suited to locations where full-height 49 cu. ft. uprights exceed available floor or ceiling clearance but a single-compartment undercounter unit provides insufficient storage volume.
• Operating on R600a isobutane — a CFC-free, low-global-warming-potential hydrocarbon refrigerant — and carrying ENERGY STAR certification alongside UL/C-UL listing, this unit meets ARES Cool energy-efficient pharmacy cold storage certification standards for institutional procurement across pharmacies, clinical labs, university research environments, and healthcare facilities; explore what medical-grade refrigeration certification means for pharmacy cold storage procurement decisions.
• Keyed door lock and audible and visual temperature alarms provide pharmaceutical inventory security and alarm monitoring for high-value vaccine stock, controlled substance cold storage, and time-sensitive biological samples, backed by ARES Scientific’s two-year parts and labor warranty and five-year compressor parts warranty as part of the ARES Cool authorized distributor support network.

Frequently Asked Questions – ARES Cool 10.5 cu. ft. Solid Door Compact Pharmacy Refrigerator

What is ARES Cool?

ARES Cool is ARES Scientific’s proprietary line of laboratory and medical-grade cold storage equipment, designed and sold exclusively through ARES Scientific to serve pharmacies, clinical labs, blood banks, vivariums, pathology departments, research institutions, and cannabis operations — the PH-ARS-HC-10PS is the solid door model in the ARES Cool compact pharmacy refrigerator family, purpose-built for facilities requiring the full 10.5 cu. ft. cabinet capacity devoted to 2°C to 8°C pharmaceutical refrigeration with an opaque door for enhanced thermal efficiency and light protection.

What is the advantage of a solid door over a glass door pharmacy refrigerator?

The solid door configuration on the PH-ARS-HC-10PS reduces heat gain from ambient light and minimizes temperature fluctuation caused by ambient conditions more effectively than glass door alternatives, making it the better fit for facilities storing light-sensitive medications, photodegradable biologics, reagents, and blood products where thermal stability and opaque containment take priority over at-a-glance inventory visibility; buyers who need visible access to refrigerated inventory without opening the door should evaluate the key features of laboratory refrigerators and consider the glass door ARES Cool variant instead.

What applications is this solid door compact pharmacy refrigerator used for?

The ARES Cool 10.5 cu. ft. Solid Door Compact Pharmacy Refrigerator is used to store vaccines, light-sensitive medications, blood products, biologics, reagents, cannabis-derived extracts, and other temperature-sensitive inventory requiring consistent 2°C to 8°C storage in pharmacies, hospital nursing stations, clinical labs, blood banks, vivarium supply areas, pathology departments, and university research facilities where an opaque-door dedicated pharmaceutical refrigerator is the appropriate configuration for the workflow.

What temperature range does this unit maintain, and is it CDC compliant?

The PH-ARS-HC-10PS maintains a temperature range of 36°F to 46°F (2°C to 8°C) via a microprocessor controller with digital display and integrated audible and visual alarms; this range aligns with CDC vaccine storage requirements, USP pharmaceutical refrigerated storage guidelines, blood bank cold storage standards, and GMP cold chain documentation requirements, and the unit includes a temperature monitoring device that supports CDC-compliant cold chain documentation for vaccines and biologics.

Does this unit require special electrical, plumbing, or ventilation?

No plumbing or special ventilation is required; the unit operates on a standard 115V AC outlet drawing 2.3 amps via a NEMA 5-15 plug and requires only 4 inches of clearance for proper airflow, making it deployable in pharmacy dispensing areas, nursing stations, clinical lab benching areas, vivarium support rooms, and pathology departments without facility modifications; for broader context on the differences between medical-grade and consumer refrigeration equipment, the ARES Scientific resource on medical-grade refrigeration covers key infrastructure and compliance considerations.

How does this solid door model compare to the ARES Cool glass door and combo units?

The PH-ARS-HC-10PS is a solid door refrigerator-only unit, offering enhanced thermal efficiency and light protection compared to the ARES Cool glass door variant and dedicating the full 10.5 cu. ft. to 2°C to 8°C refrigeration rather than splitting capacity with a freezer compartment as in combo units; the solid door model is 27 lbs lighter than the glass door equivalent and is the preferred choice when light-sensitive inventory storage, maximum thermal stability, or controlled substance security are the primary selection criteria.