An expert consultation was held in April 2015 to review equipment solutions to the problem of vaccines being exposed to sub-zero temperatures while being transported in passive vaccine carriers. Experts compared different approaches and reviewed three novel technology solutions: a freeze-safe vaccine carrier, phase-change material coolant packs, and a phase-change material sleeve. In addition, participants helped develop a generic evaluation framework for assessing these and other innovative approaches, and outlined the steps necessary to get them to market.
Organisations
- PATH
- United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Tags
- Cold box / vaccine carrier
Topic references
FREEZE-PREVENTION-NEW-TECH
| Title | Author | Year | Type | Language |
|---|
| Cold chain equipment optimisation platform | Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance | 2020 | Guidance | English |
| Field Evaluation of Freeze-Preventive Vaccine Carriers in Nepal | PATH | 2020 | Report | English |
| Forecast report: Freeze-safe vaccine carriers—Modeling the potential global market | PATH | 2016 | Guidance | English |
| Freeze-preventive vaccine carriers: a field evaluation in Nepal | PATH | 2021 | Case study | English |
| Innovations in cold chain equipment for immunization supply chains | Denis Maire, Joanie Robertson, Lauren Franzel | | Journal article | English |
| Phase-change materials for vaccine cold chain applications | PATH | 2016 | Guidance | English |
| Report on the Freeze-Preventive Passive Container Meeting | UNICEF, PATH | 2015 | Guidance | English |
| Research disclosure: Freeze-prevention design for vaccine carriers, cold boxes and other passive cold chain equipment to prevent freezing of vaccines, drugs or pharmaceuticals in the cold chain | PATH | 2016 | Guidance | English |
| Technology update: Freeze-preventive vaccine carriers | PATH | 2018 | Guidance | English |
| Using long-range freeze-preventive vaccine carriers in Nepal: A study of equipment performance, acceptability, systems fit, and cost | Kumar S, Lennon P, Muller N, et al. | 2022 | Journal article | English |
