Impact of Power Outages on Vaccine Storage

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• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
• Description:
  In areas where vaccine supplies are affected by temporary power outages, the guidance developed for providers during the 2003 Northeast Power Outage may be helpful:
  
  ■ Do not open freezers and refrigerators until power is restored.
  
  ■ Most refrigerated vaccines are relatively stable at room temperature for limited periods of time. The vaccines of most concern are MMR and Varivax, which are sensitive to elevated temperatures.
  
  ■ Monitor temperatures; don’t discard; don’t administer affected vaccines until you have discussed with public health authorities.
  
  poweroutage-vaccinestorage.pdf
  
  
• Subjects:
  Disasters Drug Storage Electric Power Supplies Vaccines
• Series:
  Disaster Safety
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• Pages in Document:
  1 numbered page
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
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