Training
Above Zero: Strategies to Prevent Vaccine Freezing
This 4-minute animated video emphasizes the difficulty and importance of maintaining proper temperatures in the vaccine cold chain. The risk of exposing vaccines to freezing temperatures are now known to be significant. These risks can be reduced through health worker training, temperature monitoring, investing in new freeze-safe cold chain equipment, and in vaccine formulations that can withstand cooler temperatures.
Authors
Languages
- English
Publication year
2013
Publisher
PATH
Type
Training
Categories
- Supply chain & logistics
Tags
- Cold box / vaccine carrier
Topic references
FREEZE-PREVENTION-BACKGROUND
| Title | Author | Year | Type | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Above Zero: Strategies to Prevent Vaccine Freezing | PATH | 2013 | Training | English |
| Effects of freezing on vaccine potency | PATH | 2003 | Guidance | English |
| Freezing temperatures in the vaccine cold chain: A systematic literature review | Carib Nelson, Dipika M. Matthias, Joanie Robertson, Michelle M. Garrison, Sophie Newland | Journal article | English | |
| Is freezing in the vaccine cold chain an ongoing issue? A literature review | Adama Sawadogo, Anupa M. George, Benjamin Schreiber, Celina M. Hanson | Journal article | English |
