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Vaccine storage and handling toolkit : Updated with Mpox Vaccines Storage and Handling Information Addendum March 29, 2024

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    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
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    Proper vaccine storage and handling are important factors in preventing and eradicating vaccine-preventable diseases. Yet, each year, storage and handling errors result in revaccination of many patients and significant financial loss due to wasted vaccines. Failure to store and handle vaccines properly can reduce vaccine potency, resulting in inadequate immune responses in patients and poor protection against disease. Patients can lose confidence in vaccines and providers if they require revaccination because the vaccines they received may have been compromised.

    This toolkit provides information, recommendations, and resources to assist you in properly storing and handling your vaccine supply. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Vaccine Storage and Handling Toolkit brings together best practices from the General Best Practice Guidelines for Immunization* product information from vaccine manufacturers, and results of scientific studies.

    Implementing these best practices and recommendations will help protect your patients, safeguard your vaccine supply, and avoid the unnecessary costs of revaccinating patients and replacing expensive vaccines. For specific, detailed storage and handling protocols for individual vaccines, always refer to the manufacturer’s product information vaccines licensed for use in the United States FDA* or contact the manufacturer directly.

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    storage-handling-toolkit.pdf

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