Colour chips help protect vaccine users in warm countries.

Pour défendre les vaccins contre la chaleur, les pastilles de contrôle du vaccin sont là.

Type of article: Periodical article

Summary

The poliomyelitis vaccine must be kept cool (between 0 and 8 deg C) up till the moment it is administered. Colour-monitor chips record accumulated heat exposure and change colour when the vaccine has been exposed too long to high temperatures and must be thrown away.

Details

  • Original title: Pour défendre les vaccins contre la chaleur, les pastilles de contrôle du vaccin sont là.
  • Record ID : 1997-2463
  • Languages: French
  • Source: Vaccins Vaccin. Monde - n. 1
  • Publication date: 1996/06
  • Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.

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