Some of our providers have small compact storage units that were designed to hold medical biologicals. Are these storage units acceptable for permanent storage of VFC vaccine?
Yes, these types of vaccine storage units are acceptable if they meet the following conditions: • The refrigerator and freezer compartments each have a separate external door, or • Units are stand-alone refrigerators and freezers Refrigerators or freezers used for vaccine storage must comply with the following requirements: • Be able to maintain required vaccine storage temperatures year-round; • Be large enough to hold the year’s largest inventory; • At a minimum, have a working certified thermometer inside each storage compartment. Grantees may require VFC providers to have a calibrated certified thermometer inside each storage compartment. Calibration must be traceable to standards provided by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) (a U.S. Government agency within the Commerce Department) or a laboratory recognized by NIST. Calibration can be traceable to NIST using American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) methods for the calibration process; • Be dedicat
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