Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine: Storage and Handling Summary [2021/07/15]

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• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
• Description:
  General Information: 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.
  
  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.
  
  Vaccine can be ordered in 2 amounts: 1170 doses per tray; or 450 doses divided between 3 boxes. Each box contains 25 vials.
  
  07/15/2021 CS321570-I
  
  
• Subjects:
  Child Child, Preschool Coronavirus Infections / Prevention & Control COVID-19 / Prevention & Control Masks Physical Distancing Schools Ventilation
• 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/108340/cdc_108340_DS1.pdf
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