During power outages, which action helps ensure proper storage temperature monitoring?

• A. Use backup cooling options
• B. Maintain temperature logs
• C. Quickly move stock if needed
• D. Notify supervisors

Answer: (B)

Maintaining temperature logs is essential for monitoring storage conditions during power outages. Keeping a continuous record of the temperatures in storage units provides evidence of whether items stayed within the required range, shows how long any excursions lasted, and supports timely corrective actions. Even if backup cooling is available, without logs you can’t prove the actual conditions that occurred or assess which stock may have been compromised. Quick actions like moving stock or notifying supervisors matter, but they don’t replace the value of having detailed, ongoing temperature measurements to guide decisions and ensure compliance.