Schedule a demo today to find out how TruMed Systems can help protect your COVID-19 vaccines for a more effective immunization program in your practice. Provide the v-safe fact sheet to vaccinees and caregivers and encourage vaccinees to participate in v-safe. V-safe is a new voluntary, smartphone-based tool that uses text messaging and online surveys to screen vaccinated individuals to identify potential side effects after a COVID-19 vaccination. For more information, see: www.cdc.gov/vsafe Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna® and Johnson & Johnson® have produced vaccines with multiple storage temperature options that change the expiration date based on the storage temperature. In addition, they all released additional vials of different NDCs for different age groups. Good Covid-19 vaccine inventory management is essential to properly order vaccines to ensure your practice has the vaccines your patients need. With the addition of booster and primary dose tracking, proper tracking of lot numbers and expiry has never been more important to ensure proper vaccine management. Mixed household warehouses are often unable to reach and maintain COVID-19 vaccine storage temperatures. These devices have both a freezer compartment and a refrigerator compartment, but cannot store a variety of vaccines in different temperature ranges.
All loading and rotating vaccine stocks is also done by hand, adding many additional non-clinical hours to staff hours. Adverse events that occur in a recipient after a COVID-19 vaccine should be reported to the Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System (VAERS). The FDA requires vaccine providers to report vaccine administration errors, serious adverse events, cases of multisystem inflammatory syndrome, and cases of COVID-19 resulting in hospitalization or death following administration of a COVID-19 vaccine in EEE. It is recommended that other clinically significant side effects be reported, even if it is not clear that a vaccine caused the adverse reaction. Fill out reports and send them online to VAERS. Provide the recipient or caregiver with a vaccination record with the name of the vaccine („Janssen COVID-19 Vaccine”) and the date of administration to document the vaccination. „This milestone follows a year of incredible work by our dedicated teams and unprecedented collaboration with healthcare professionals around the world to bring a unique vaccine to the public,” said Alex Gorsky, president and CEO of Johnson & Johnson. „We will do everything in our power to end this pandemic, in the United States and around the world.” Moderna vaccine can be stored in a freezing unit at -25°C to -15°C until its expiry date. You can also store the vaccine in the refrigerator at 2°C to 8°C for up to 30 days. The distribution of COVID-19 vaccines continues to present increasing logistical complexity, as health systems and clinics must treat more patient groups who need a wider range of vaccine options and boosters. This vaccine should be thawed and reconstituted prior to use. You can thaw the vials in the refrigerator at 2-8°C for 3 hours or at room temperature (up to 25°C) for 30 minutes.
Once vaccines have been thawed and reconstituted, they cannot be re-frozen. However, they can safely stay in the refrigerator for up to 31 days. Manual monitoring of vaccine temperature requires time and vigilance. A member of your team should record temperatures every day morning and evening. Even with daily monitoring, temperature variations can occur between these daily checks, resulting in even more manual actions. All temperatures that are outside the range must be recorded and examined. Your team member may also need to contact the vaccine manufacturer or local or state health department to determine if the vaccines can still be used. Johnson & Johnson vaccine can be stored in a refrigeration unit at 2°C to 8°C until its expiry date. Once the vials are pierced, they can be stored in the refrigerator for up to 6 additional hours.
After this time, if the vaccines have not been used, they should be discarded. The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine can be stored at -80°C to -60°C until its expiry date. If you store vaccines in the thermal dry ice shipper, fill the dry ice on day 1 and day 5 of the storage period. You can also store this vaccine for up to 2 weeks in a freezing unit between -25°C and -15°C. WHO SHOULDN`T GET A COVID-19 VACCINE AT JANSSEN? You should not receive Janssen COVID-19 vaccine if you have had a severe allergic reaction to any of the components of this vaccine. Janssen`s COVID-19 vaccine has not been approved or licensed by the United States.