Section A: Ready to vaccinate

Section A: Summary of Changes

Version Date Section Summary of Changes

4 IPC: Ministry website link added 8.2 Differentiation of Vaccines: Novavax Label added

8.3 Cold Chain Storage, Table 8.1 Shelf life: Novavax shelflife limits added 8.6.2 Restrictions on Transport Durations: No restriction for Novavax

34.0 08/03/22

9.1.5

Unit Sizes and Dimensions consolidated into a table for clarity. Novavax added. Table 9.5 Novavax Added to indicate which syringe and needle to use for Novavax.

Section guidance

This section should be read and interpreted in conjunction with the Standards. For onboarding sites, this section should be used alongside the Ministry’s Onboarding Guidelines.

This section provides operational guidance, including equity, site considerations, onboarding, vaccination workforce, IPC guidance, ordering, planning, vaccine handling and storage, logistics, and site closure; to ensure consistent, equitable and quality vaccination.

Purpose

This section is designed to be applicable from the preparation of a vaccination site (from the selection and setting up of a suitable site), through to the closing of a site.

Appendices relevant to this section

• Appendix A: Site checklist • Appendix B: New facility/site setup • Appendix C: Facility/site closure • Appendix D: Logistics and Inventory Management • Appendix E: CVIP logistic overview/ cheat sheets