Well-organized vaccine storage units will minimize medical errors and vaccine wastage
- Keep vaccine in the original packaging
- Only open one box at a time
- Place vaccine in plastic trays/bins/baskets
- Store vaccine by type (Example: Store all VFC Polio vaccine in the same bin)
- Store vaccine front-to-back by the expiration date (Vaccine that expires first should be in the front and vaccine that expires at a later date should be in the back)
- Clearly label vaccine by funding source (âVFCâ or âVFAARâ or âPrivateâ)