Perform hand hygiene with either soap and water or an alcohol-based hand rub (ABHR) before gathering supplies or handling vials.Refer to NSW Health policy directive PD2020_028 Vaccine Storage and Cold Chain Management. If a deviation has been observed, DO NOT USE the multi-dose vial, quarantine the vials, advise your senior executive and contact the State Health Emergency Operations Centre (SHEOC) on 9859 5690. Check the temperature display and ensure that the refrigerator has not deviated from between +2☌ and +8☌.Removal of thawed concentrate vaccines from the refrigerator.

This model requires additional local risk assessment including cold chain management, workflow considerations that consider diluted vaccine stability and mitigation to reduce the risk of needle stick injuries on transfer of prepared syringes between individuals. The dilution and drawing up of individual doses into syringes by the preparer that are independently checked and verified, labelled and subsequently supplied to the authorised immuniser.The dilution and drawing up of individual doses into syringes by the authorised immuniser that are independently checked and verified, labelled and subsequently administered to the patients.The preparer will then draw up individual doses from the diluted vial into syringes for immediate administration at the point of care or The vaccine preparer performing dilution under observation by an authorised immuniser.This procedure may be adapted to suit one of the following models:

This procedure covers the process from the removal of vials of thawed concentrate vaccine from the vial tray in the refrigerator, dilution of the concentrate vaccine, and drawing up individual doses into a syringe to the point of administration. Moving from thawed concentrate vaccine to vaccine for administration Note each vial provides 5 doses when using standard stock needles and syringes for drawing up and 6 doses if using low dead space syringes and needles – see recommended procedures in appendix 1. If removing less than the full quantity of vials from the tray within the refrigerator, ensure that the tray remains enclosed with the lid, after removal of the required number of vials. A thawed concentrate vial can be stored at +2 to +8☌ for up to 1 month (31 days).Įach vial tray contains 195 vials. Once thawed, the COMIRNATY™ concentrate vaccine vial must not be re-frozen. Management of COVID-19 Pfizer (COMIRNATY™) vaccine from freezer to refrigerator for information on this procedure. The COVID-19 Pfizer/BioNTech (COMIRNATY™) vaccine must be thawed before use following removal from a frozen storage environment.

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