Reading a LogTag Temperature Recorder

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Resources

IIP-Vaccine Cold Chain

Use and basic maintenance of cold chain and temperature monitoring equipment
Temperature monitoring chart

For monitoring and recording refrigerator temperatures every day, twice a day

Any time a vaccine is being transported or stored at your health facility, it must be kept at the right temperature. The only way to know that a vaccine has been kept at the right temperature is to monitor and record refrigerator temperatures twice every day.