Guidance

Cold chain equipment inventory guidelines: Improving the quality and accuracy of national cold chain equipment inventory data

An actionable guide to processes and standards for cold chain stakeholders. This document provides guidance and rationale for key stakeholders throughout the cold chain (such as EPI managers, cold chain or vaccine managers, equipment technicians, and health workers) on why and how to maintain accurate cold chain inventories through information, user personas, checklists, and data.

Languages

  • English
  • French

Publication year

2020

Type

Guidance

Categories

  • Supply chain & logistics

Organisations

  • Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance
  • PATH
  • VillageReach

Tags

  • EQUIP

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