Cyclone Gabrielle communications
Advice from IMAC:
Cold chain checking
With power cuts across the North and central parts of Aotearoa due to Cyclone Gabrielle, if you are ok, just check your temperature monitoring equipment is set up correctly and that dataloggers and/or central monitoring equipment are recording correctly.
Power outage
If the power does go off, please ensure that your fridge door remains closed, unless you are moving vaccines to a provider with power (vaccines should only be moved if it can be done within the cold chain and it is safe to do so).
Once power is restored
Once power is restored, datalogger/central monitoring data should be checked, and you should contact your immunisation/cold chain coordinator to discuss any cold chain temperature breaches before any vaccines are used.
Find our Cold Chain resources here.
Cold chain - Immunisaton Advisory Centre (immune.org.nz)