Proper vaccine storage and handling practices play a very important role in protecting individuals and communities from vaccine-preventable diseases.Vaccine quality is the shared responsibility of everyone, from the time vaccine is manufactured until it is administered.
Resources on Proper Vaccine Storage and Handling
- Keys to Storing and Handling Your Vaccine Supply (Apr 2018)
A video designed to decrease vaccine storage and handling errors and preserve the nation’s vaccine supply by demonstrating to immunization providers the recommended best practices for storage and handling of vaccines. (Video is a winner of the Winter/Spring 2014 Web Health Award). - These storage and handling fact sheets illustrate best practices for both refrigerated and frozen vaccines. Written in plain language, they include assessments to reinforce key points. While they are CDC-developed and branded fact sheets, each contains an area where you can insert your agency’s logo.
- Temperature Monitoring Best Practices for Refrigerated Vaccines [2 pages] (Feb 2018)
Fahrenheit (F)pdf icon | Celsius (C)pdf icon - Temperature Monitoring Best Practices for Frozen Vaccines [2 pages] (Feb 2018)
Fahrenheit (F)pdf icon | Celsius (C)pdf icon - Storage Best Practices for Refrigerated Vaccines [2 pages] (Feb 2018)
Fahrenheit (F)pdf icon | Celsius (C)pdf icon - Storage Best Practices for Frozen Vaccines [2 pages] (Feb 2018)
Fahrenheit (F)pdf icon | Celsius (C)pdf icon
- Temperature Monitoring Best Practices for Refrigerated Vaccines [2 pages] (Feb 2018)
- Vaccine Storage and Handling Toolkit (Jan 2020)
A comprehensive resource for health care providers on vaccine storage and handling recommendations and best practice strategies. The Toolkit includes guidance on managing and storing vaccine inventory, using and maintaining storage unit and temperature monitoring equipment, preparing for emergency situations, and training staff. - You Call the Shots: Vaccine Storage and Handling Module (Jan 2020)
An interactive, web-based module which provides learning opportunities, self-test practice questions, reference and resource materials, and an extensive glossary. Continuing education credit is available. - These example vaccine labels can be used to organize vaccines within the storage unit. Referenced in the storage and handling toolkit.
- Provider’s Role: Importance of Vaccine Admin. & Storage
Includes vaccine administration, timing and spacing of vaccine doses, observation of precautions and contraindications, management of vaccine side effects, etc. - Vaccines for Children Program: Vulnerabilities in Vaccine Managementexternal icon (Jun 2012)
Report and recommendations released by HHS Office of Inspector General following a routine assessment of the Vaccines for Children program. - Handling a Temperature Excursion in Your Vaccine Storage Unit pdf icon[1 page, 508] (Mar 2020)
This document describes immediate corrective actions following a vaccine storage unit temperature excursion. - Packing Vaccines for Transport During Emergencies pdf icon[2 pages] (Aug 2015)
Do you know how to protect your vaccines during equipment failures, power outages, natural disasters? This document illustrates how to pack your refrigerated vaccines during emergency situations to prevent compromising vaccine storage conditions and damage to your vaccine supply.
Additional Resources for Vaccine Storage and Handling
Note: Storage and handling information in previously published CDC documents, including the 13th Edition Pink Book, may be superseded by the materials listed in above section on this page. If inconsistencies are seen, follow newer guidelines in toolkit or more recently dated materials.
- Vaccine Administration and Storage and Handling Resources Guide pdf icon[1 page]
- Storage and Handling Best Practices: Hawaii (2018)
Video highlighting Hawaii’s 2016 CDC Childhood Immunization Champion Award winner applying vaccine storage and handling best practices. - Contact Information for State and Local Health Department Immunization Programs
- Immunization Action Coalition
- Storage and Handling Resourcesexternal icon
Refrigerator Temperature Logs (Fahrenheit)(Celsius), Freezer Temperature Logs, Checklist for Safe Storage and Handling, Don’t Be Guilty of These Errors in Storage & Handling, Do Not Unplug Sign… - Manufacturer Product Informationexternal icon
Package inserts
- Storage and Handling Resourcesexternal icon
- Pink Book Chapter on Vaccine Storage and Handling
See note above about referencing this document. - National Institute of Standards and Technology: Vaccine Storage and Handling Researchexternal icon
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