Above Zero: Strategies to Prevent Vaccine Freezing
Organization: PATH (Program for Appropriate Technology in Health)Published: 2013
This 4-minute animated video emphasizes the difficulty and importance of maintaining proper temperatures in the vaccine cold chain. The risk of exposing vaccines to freezing temperatures are now known to be significant. These risks can be reduced through health worker training, temperature monitoring, investing in new freeze-safe cold chain equipment, and in vaccine formulations that can withstand cooler temperatures.
Resource Group:
Implementation Tool
Product Type: Video
Vaccine Management
Storage and Handling
Product Type: Video
Category:
Program Planning and Delivery,Vaccine Management,Storage and Handling Program Planning and DeliveryVaccine Management
Storage and Handling
Audience:
Health Care Professional
Region: International
Region: International
Language:
English
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