Expired vaccines should never be used and administered, even if the vaccines only 1 day pass the expiration day. If you discover the expired vaccines stored in your refrigerator or freezer, just remove them.
So how to store vaccines in refrigerator or freezer? Which vaccines can be stored refrigerated and which vaccines need to be frozen? Here are tips to help you to store vaccines safely.
Which vaccines must be stored in a freezer?
All varicella-containing vaccines (ZOS, Zostavax; VAR, Varivax; and MMRV, ProQuad) should be stored between -50°C and -15°C (-58°F and +5°F). The rubella vaccine (MMR), measles, and mumps can be stored either in the refrigerator or the freezer.
Which vaccines can be stored refrigerated?
In fact, most vaccines must be refrigerated. And vaccines should be stored in a vaccine refrigerator at a temperature between 2°C and 8°C (36°F and 46°F), with a target of 5°C (40°F).
We have marked up top reasons to store your vaccines in a Meling vaccines refrigerator or freezer:
The CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) suggests you to store all vaccines (as well as other medications that in temperature sensitive) in stand-alone, pharmacy grade/purpose-built refrigerators or freezers. Meling vaccine refrigerator series of medical grade refrigeration brings out reliable cold storage specifically for vaccines and medications safely.
Since you have to monitor the vaccines continuously to ensure the effectiveness and safety of the vaccines, the Meling vaccines refrigerators are specially designed with microprocessor temperature control system to ensure excellent temperature accuracy. The vaccine medical grade refrigerators come with digital temperature display and can display the temperature in high-precision of 0.1℃. They have security alarm system, including high/low temperature alarm, high/low voltage alarm, sensor failure alarm, power failure alarm, etc. And it can ensure the internal fans for even temperature distribution throughout.
When storing vaccines in the refrigerators or freezers, you not only need to monitor the vaccines constantly, but also have to record the vaccine temperature at regular intervals. Meling vaccines refrigerators are designed with Probe Access Ports, and you can install data logger optionally, so that to monitor and record the vaccines temperature continuously.
Normally, the refrigerated vaccines should be stored at the temperature range of 2° C and 8° C (36° F and 46°F). And frozen vaccines should be stored at the temperature range of -50° C and -15° C (-58° F and +5° F).
Meling vaccine refrigerators and vaccine freezers can maintain a strict temperature for the storage of refrigerated (+35°F to 46°F) and frozen (-58°F to +5°F) vaccines.
