Use of cool water packs to prevent freezing during vaccine transportation at the country level

PDA Journal of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 11-26

  Kartoglu, Umit ^a   Ganivet, Serge ^b   Guichard, Stephane ^c   Aiyer, Venkat ^c   Bollen, Peter ^c   Maire, Denis ^d   Altay, Birhan ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b WHO Regional Office for Africa   (Zimbabwe)

^c WHO Regional Office for South East Asia ^*

^d Saray Health Centre   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cool water packs; Freezing; Myanmar; Nepal; Transportation; Turkey; Vaccines; VVM; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; ORAL POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE; TETANUS TOXOID; VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLD; COLD EXPOSURE; COLOR; COOL WATER PACK; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG STABILITY; DRUG STORAGE; DRUG TRANSPORT; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EVALUATION; FREEZING; LABORATORY; LIFE; MYANMAR; NEPAL; PACK ICE; SAFETY; SHELF LIFE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMOSTABILITY; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); ZIMBABWE; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG PACKAGING; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROTEIN STABILITY; STANDARD; TIME; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

CHEMISTRY, PHARMACEUTICAL; COLD TEMPERATURE; DRUG PACKAGING; DRUG STABILITY; DRUG STORAGE; FREEZING; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; MYANMAR; NEPAL; PROTEIN STABILITY; REFRIGERATION; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION; TURKEY; VACCINES; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 66349113743     PISSN: 10797440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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