Update Your Vaccine Management Plan Today!

Summer means storm season, and to help you be prepared, we’ve created a new Vaccine Management Plan.

It has all the information you need to:

• Store your vaccine safely.
• Respond to an emergency.
• Transport your vaccine during an emergency.

Don’t wait until the storm, comes take action today:

• Review the document with all the staff that works with VFC, VFAAR, or COVID vaccine at your site.
• Gather the supplies indicated on pages 14-17 of the document.
• Fill out the information on the first page of the document.
  • Fax (215-238-6948) or email (TempCheck@phila.gov) a copy to our office by Friday, August 12th.
• Post the full document on your vaccine storage unit.
  • You can print a copy today or keep an eye out for a copy in the mail this week!

Make sure your site’s backup storage locations are appropriate for vaccine storage:

• Approved
  • Doctor’s offices freezer compartment of combination units
  • Hospital Pharmacies
  • Pharmacies
  • Approved Unit at Another Clinic
• Not Approved
  • Personal Home Freezers
  • Personal Deep Freezers
  • Freezer Compartment of a Combination Unit
  • Storage Containers with Dry Ice

Be ready to move vaccine in an emergency. Gather the supplies needed to transport your refrigerated and frozen vaccine today!

Have questions? Reach out to our team at TempCheck@phila.gov for assistance.