Giving an Intramuscular Injection
How to Assess Possible Contraindications
Creating an Equipment Inventory
Using the Multi-Dose Vial Policy
Determine Whether Cold-Chain Equipment Needs Maintenance or Repair
IIP-Vaccine Cold Chain
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.