Vaccine Storage and Handling Toolkit [2019]

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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. ; Proper vaccine storage and handling are important factors in preventing and eradicating many common 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 Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) 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 manufacturers' product information and package inserts,* or contact the manufacturer directly. ; CS296544-B storage-handling-toolkit.pdf
• Subjects:
  • Drug Storage / standards
  • Vaccines
  • Vaccines / standards
• Series:
  Vaccine Storage and Handling ; Vaccine Storage and Handling Toolkit
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Toolkit
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• CIO:
  National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD)
• Topic:
  Healthy Living ; Diseases & Conditions
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  48 pdf pages
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/75426/cdc_75426_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.74 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library ; Public Health Resources
• Main Document Checksum:
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