Objectives
a. Describe vaccine storage and handling best practices, including training, equipment, and inventory management.
b. Identify common storage and handling errors and appropriate actions to address these errors.
c. Locate current vaccine storage and handling resources.
d. Describe vaccine storage and handling recommendations for off-site or satellite facilities.
e. Develop plans that include standard operating procedures (SOPs) for routine and emergency vaccine storage and handling.
f. Determine the time a vaccine (and diluent, if applicable) expires when using a single-dose vial, a multidose vial, and a manufacturer-filled syringe.
g. Determine when a vaccine will expire according to a beyond use date (BUD).
h. Describe proper vaccine disposal procedures based on state and environmental agency regulations.
i. Locate resources relevant to current vaccine recommendations.
j. Describe nursing roles and responsibilities related to storage and handling: ensuring appropriate storage and handling, maintaining vaccine integrity, and monitoring and overseeing vaccine storage and handling, as well as records manager and lifelong learner.
b. Identify common storage and handling errors and appropriate actions to address these errors.
c. Locate current vaccine storage and handling resources.
d. Describe vaccine storage and handling recommendations for off-site or satellite facilities.
e. Develop plans that include standard operating procedures (SOPs) for routine and emergency vaccine storage and handling.
f. Determine the time a vaccine (and diluent, if applicable) expires when using a single-dose vial, a multidose vial, and a manufacturer-filled syringe.
g. Determine when a vaccine will expire according to a beyond use date (BUD).
h. Describe proper vaccine disposal procedures based on state and environmental agency regulations.
i. Locate resources relevant to current vaccine recommendations.
j. Describe nursing roles and responsibilities related to storage and handling: ensuring appropriate storage and handling, maintaining vaccine integrity, and monitoring and overseeing vaccine storage and handling, as well as records manager and lifelong learner.
Resources
Web pages
American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)–Immunization: Vaccine Storage and Handling
CDC Vaccines and Immunizations
Food and Drug Administration
Immunization Action Coalition (IAC)
- www.aap.org/en-us/advocacy-and-policy/aap-health-initiatives/immunizations/Practice-Management/Pages/Vaccine- Storage-and-Handling.aspx
CDC Vaccines and Immunizations
- Resources on Proper Vaccine Storage and Handling
www.cdc.gov/vaccines/recs/storage/default.htm
- Vaccine Storage and Handling Toolkit
www.cdc.gov/vaccines/hcp/admin/storage/toolkit
Food and Drug Administration
- Food and Drug Administration (FDA)–Vaccines Licensed for Use in the United States www.fda.gov/BiologicsBloodVaccines/Vaccines/ApprovedProducts/ucm093833.htm
Immunization Action Coalition (IAC)
- Ask the Experts: Storage and Handling
www.immunize.org/askexperts/storage-handling.asp - Clinic Resources: Storage and Handling
www.immunize.org/clinic/storage-handling.asp
learning modules
CDC Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases (Pink Book) webinar series–Vaccine Storage and Handling and Administration
CDC You Call the Shots–Vaccine Storage and Handling module
EZIZ website–Storage and Handling Lessons
Nursing Initiative Promoting Immunization Training (NIP-IT) Module 5: Vaccine Administration–Safe Vaccine Storage
CDC You Call the Shots–Vaccine Storage and Handling module
EZIZ website–Storage and Handling Lessons
Nursing Initiative Promoting Immunization Training (NIP-IT) Module 5: Vaccine Administration–Safe Vaccine Storage
VIDEOS
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Keys to Storing and Handling Your Vaccine Supply |
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Storage and Handling Best Practices: Hawaii
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BOOKS
- American Academy of Pediatrics. Active and Passive Immunization. In: Kimberlin DW, Brady MT, Jackson MA, Long SS, eds. Red Book: 2018 Report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases, 31st ed. Itasca, IL: American Academy of Pediatrics; 2018:1–111.
- CDC. Vaccine Storage and Handling. In: Hamborsky J, Kroger A, Wolfe S, eds. Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases, 13th ed. Washington, DC: Public Health Foundation; 2015:63–77. Available at www.cdc.gov/vaccines/pubs/pinkbook/vac-storage.html.
- Marshall G. Vaccine Practice. In: Marshall G. The Vaccine Handbook: A Practical Guide for Clinicians, 5th ed. West Islip, NY: Professional Communications, Inc.; 2015:101–128.
