Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine: Storage and Handling Summary [2021/03/03]

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• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
• Description:
  Refer to CDC's Vaccine Storage and Handling Toolkit for best practices for vaccine storage and handling.
  
  Basics: Store vaccine in an ultra-cold freezer, thermal shipping container, freezer, or refrigerator. See guidance below for each storage unit.
  
  Follow the manufacturer's instructions for returning the thermal shipping container.
  
  Each thermal shipping container holds up to 5 trays of vaccine. » Each tray contains 195 multidose vials (1,170 doses). » A vaccine tray is approximately 9 in x 9 in x 1.5 in.
  
  Check and record storage unit temperatures each workday. See guidance below for each type of storage unit. Save storage records for 3 years, unless your jurisdiction requires a longer time period.
  
  Updated 03/03/2021. CS321570-I
  
  
• Subjects:
  Coronavirus Infections / Prevention & Control COVID-19 / Prevention & Control COVID-19 Vaccines Drug Storage / Standards Vaccines / Standards Viral Vaccines
• Series:
  Vaccine Storage and Handling
• Publisher:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (U.S.)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Name as Subject:
  Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  3 pdf pages
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library Public Health Resources
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/104750/cdc_104750_DS1.pdf
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