Cold chain
Topic: Community health
The system that keeps vaccines at the recommended temperature, +2 to +8 °C for most, from manufacture to administration. Vaccines exposed to heat or freezing can lose potency. Record refrigerator temperatures at least twice a day, never store vaccines on door shelves, do not use freeze-sensitive vaccines that have frozen, and report temperature excursions per procedure.
- Also known as:
- Vaccine cold chain
- In Turkish:
- Soğuk zincir
What does Cold chain mean?
Cold chain is part of the Community health topic in nursing. Students meet it in class, on clinical placements and while preparing for exams.
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