What is the Vaccine Cold Chain?

Cold Chain

Calculating Storage Requirements for Vaccines

Correctly identify and handle vaccines based on their sensitivity to heat, light, or freezing temperatures

What Temperatures Should Vaccines Be?

Stock Management

Using Front-Opening Refrigerators

Use vaccine vial monitors (VVMs) to determine when to use and discard vaccines

How to Read a VVM

Perform a shake test when vaccines have been exposed to freezing temperatures

How to Do a Shake Test

To protect vaccines, they must be kept within specific temperature ranges. This is why immunization programs depend on a reliable cold chain.