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The following vaccines are unstable at room temperature:
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BCG (Bacille Calmette-Guérin) vaccine
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Measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine
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Oral poliomyelitis vaccine (OPV)
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Varicella-zoster vaccine
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Yellow fever vaccine
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All reconstituted vaccines
The following vaccines must
not be exposed to light:
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BCG (Bacille Calmette-Guérin) vaccine
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Reconstituted measles-mumps-rubella (MMR)
vaccine
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Monovalent rubella
vaccine
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Oral poliomyelitis
vaccine (OPV)
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Varicella-zoster
vaccine (VZV)
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Most DTPa-containing
vaccines
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Meningococcal C
conjugate vaccine
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Yellow fever
vaccine.
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Do not freeze the following vaccines:
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Diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis containing
vaccines
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Haemophilus influenzae type b (the exception
being the lyophilised PRP-T vaccines)
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Hepatitis B-containing vaccines
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Hepatitis A-containing vaccines
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Influenza vaccine
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Pneumococcal (polysaccharide and conjugate)
vaccines
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Meningococcal C conjugate vaccines
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Japanese encephalitis vaccine
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All reconstituted vaccines
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All combinations of these vaccines
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Vaccine diluents
Note: Several other
less frequently used vaccines (eg. rabies and typhoid) are also damaged by
freezing.
If the vaccines
listed above have been exposed to temperatures 0°C and below, do not use.
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