National Vaccine Storage and Handling Guidelines for Immunization Providers (2007)

Acknowledgements

PHAC would like to acknowledge the work of the Cold Chain Management Task Group (a Canadian Nursing Coalition for Immunization task group) in developing these guidelines. Members included:

Jill Chambers (Co-Chair), Communicable Disease Control Unit, Public Health Branch, Manitoba Health

Suchita Jain (Co-Chair), Immunization and Respiratory Infections Division, PHAC

Mary Basha, Communicable Disease Program, Eastern Health, Newfoundland and Labrador

Lisa Belzak, Immunization and Respiratory Infections Division, PHAC

Fiann Crane, Communicable Disease Control, Force Health Protection, Canadian Forces Health Services Group Headquarters, Department of National Defence

Margaret Driscoll, Vaccine Preventable Diseases Control/Immunization Unit, Infectious Diseases Branch, Public Health Division, Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care

Marion Guenther, Community and Family Health, North Shore, Vancouver Coastal Health

Roxanne Hamm, Disease Control and Prevention, Alberta Health and Wellness

Debra Jonathon, Vaccine Storage & Handling –Special Project Nurse, First Nations & Inuit Health - Ontario Region, Health Canada

Joyce Seto, BC Centre for Disease Control

Margot Smythe, Communicable Disease Control, Vancouver, Vancouver Coastal Health