Tools for Monitoring Cold-Chain Equipment Data
Using the Multi-Dose Vial Policy
Using Top-Opening Refrigerators With Baskets
Giving an Intradermal Injection
How to Read a VVM
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Use and basic maintenance of cold chain and temperature monitoring equipment
Some vaccines are sensitive to freezing. Once they have frozen, they should not be used. Fortunately, there is a way to tell if a freeze sensitive vaccine has been damaged by exposure to temperatures below zero degrees Celsius: the shake test.