Section A: Ready to vaccinate

Section A: Summary of Changes

Version Date Section

Section 8.6.1

30 17/12/21 Table 9.2

Table 9.3

Table 9.4

Summary of Changes

Amendments to permissible stock movement, indicating that all cold chain requirements are required to be met Heading amendment to clarify these consumables are for the Pfizer vaccine. The table has been updated to remove items no longer supplied as part of this pack Saline added as now an ‘order as required’ item

AstraZeneca consumables table added to include the flu+ syringe

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