Health
CDC vaccine guide available
NEWS IN BRIEF — Posted July 25, 2005
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention posted on its Web site its 2005 guide, "Vaccine Management: Recommendations for Storage and Handling of Selected Biologics" (link).
The booklet covers storage requirements and shelf-life for vaccines, toxoids and immune globulins, including diphtheria/tetanus/pertussis and related toxoids; hepatitis vaccines; inactivated polio vaccine; influenza vaccines; measles, mumps and rubella vaccine; and meningococcal, pneumococcal and varicella vaccines.
The booklet includes advice on inspecting the materials when they arrive at the office and how best to reconstitute them if necessary as well as any special instructions required by each material.
Also provided are the vaccine manufacturers' quality control office phone numbers.
The booklet can be downloaded from the CDC's Web site.
Note: This item originally appeared at http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2005/07/25/hlbf0725.htm.