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Cold Chain management
Page contents: Cold Chain management advice | Cold Chain Breach form
Cold Chain management advice
- National vaccine storage guidelines: Strive for 5 outlines the basic principles for safe vaccine management. It is a concise, practical, user-friendly guide to vaccine storage and is aimed at Australian vaccination service providers.
Power outage strategies- How to order and
receive vaccine stock
- Checklist: Cold Chain protocols and procedures
Cold Chain Breach form:
Please complete the form and lodge as soon as possible after detection of a cold chain breach by:
Fax: 1300 768 088
Email: immunisation@health.vic.gov.au
The form should be completed for vaccines exposed to temperature excursions outside 2oC to 8oC for longer than 15 minutes.
While awaiting advice do not use or discard any vaccines and place a sign on the fridge to inform other staff of the breach.
