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Making use of vaccine vial monitors: flexible vaccine management for polio supplementary immunization activities.

Mode d'emploi des pastilles de contrôle du vaccin : facilité de gestion du vaccin pour les vaccinations supplémentaires de la polio.

Author(s) : OMS

Type of monograph: Booklet

Summary

This document was produced by the Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) of WHO's Vaccines, Immunization and Biologicals Department (see also this issue of the Bulletin, reference 2001-1669). Of the vaccines used in the EPI, the oral polio vaccine is that which is the most heat-sensitive. During transport and storage, this vaccine must be handled in compliance with good cold-chain practice. However, it is now possible to check whether a vaccine has been overexposed to heat using a vaccine vial monitor. Extract from the table of contents: the "traditional" cold chain for immunization campaigns; the vaccine vial monitor; the fast chain; when is a flexible cold chain required? planning of a flexible cold chain; advice. This document is available on the following Web site: www.who.int/vaccines-documents.

Details

  • Original title: Mode d'emploi des pastilles de contrôle du vaccin : facilité de gestion du vaccin pour les vaccinations supplémentaires de la polio.
  • Record ID : 2001-1668
  • Languages: French
  • Subject: Regulation
  • Publication: OMS - Switzerland/Switzerland
  • Publication date: 2000/09
  • Source: Source: WHO-V&B-00.14; 19 p. (21 x 29.7); fig.; tabl.; append.
  • Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.

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