This guidance's objectives are to:
1. Raise the level of awareness and contribute to capacity building on issues associated with decommissioning and disposal by providing an overview of CCE decommissioning and disposal challenges and issues, as well as background information on safe and proper practices.
2. Share key resources related to decommissioning and safe disposal, including references and tools on policy and regulatory requirements, technical practices, and financial surety mechanisms designed to guarantee the implementation of decommissioning and disposal obligations.
3. Disseminate a generic CCE decommissioning and safe disposal guideline and process roadmap, promoting a proactive approach of “thinking with the end in mind,” that may be of interest to government authorities seeking to strengthen CCE decommissioning and disposal strategies, as well as to CCE manufacturers.
Note: This guidance is not meant to supersede local, regional or national laws regarding CCE decommissioning and disposal practices but to provide assistance where there is insufficient guidance or none at all. There is no attempt to cover the management of other waste generated by CCE.
Organisations
- United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
- World Health Organization (WHO)
Tags
- Cold box / vaccine carrier
- Cold room / freezer room
- EQUIP
- Refrigerator / freezer
- Waste management
Fundamental infrastructure and Management
| Title | Author | Year | Type | Language |
|---|
| Decommissioning and safe disposal of cold chain equipment | UNICEF, World Health Organization (WHO) | 2018 | Guidance | English |
| Cold chain equipment and dry store temperature mapping tool | World Health Organization (WHO) | 2021 | Tool | English |
| How to temperature map cold chain equipment and storage areas, 2nd ed | World Health Organization (WHO) | 2022 | Tool | English |
| Cold Chain Temperature Data Job Aid | JSI, PATH, VillageReach, New Horizons | 2025 | Guidance | English |
| Total Cost of Ownership Tool for Cold Chain Equipment | PATH | 2016 | Tool | English |
| Cold chain equipment inventory guidelines: Improving the quality and accuracy of national cold chain equipment inventory data | VillageReach, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, PATH | 2020 | Guidance | English, French |
| Guidance on selecting, commissioning and using freeze-preventative vaccine carriers | World Health Organization (WHO) | 2021 | Guidance | Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish |
| Using freeze-preventive cold boxes in rural Nepal: A study of equipment performance, acceptability, system fit, and cost | Sandeep Kumar, Pat Lennon, Surendra Uranw | 2024 | Journal article | English |
| Evaluating potential program cost savings with a single-dose HPV vaccination schedule: a modeling study. | Rose Slavkosky, Mercy Mvundura, Frédéric Debellut, Teddy Naddumba | 2024 | Journal article | English |
| Temperature monitoring study: a fully documented process to detect weaknesses in the supply chain | World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF | 2018 | Guidance | English |
| Guidance on sustainable health-care waste management | Michelle Seidel, Ranjit Dhiman, Terry Hart | 2023 | Guidance | English |
| Guidance on the selection of green and safe healthcare waste treatment technology | Ridwan Gustiana, Isabelle Cantin, Ranjit Dhiman, Sophie De Fries, Martin Bjerregaard, Lindsay Marie Denny | 2025 | Guidance | English |
| NATIONAL HEALTH CARE WASTE MANAGEMENT STRATEGY | Ranjit Dhiman, Ute Pieper, Michelle Seidel | 2025 | Guidance | English |
| Health-Care facility Solar Electrification for Climate-Resilient and Environmentally Sustainable Health-Care Facilities | Terry Hart, Ranjit Dhiman, Michelle Seidel | 2023 | Guidance | English |
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