This information is intended for health care professionals.
Public Health ensures that each facility storing publicly funded vaccines follow appropriate storage and handling of vaccines.
Our staff conducts annual visits to each facility to ensure that the refrigerators are maintained at the appropriate temperature and that facility staff record these temperatures on an ongoing basis.
Report wasted or exposed vaccine
A public health nurse will advise you of the steps to take and will answer any questions related to completing:
- Non-reusable vaccine (spoiled or expired) return record
- Vaccine cold chain incident exposure/wastage report form (PDF)
Public Health relies on primary care practitioners to report all vaccine wastage in their offices. In turn, Public Health is required to report all vaccine wastage to the Ministry of Health.
Vaccine wastage due to spoilage or expiry is a concern for all immunization programs.
Standardized protocols to manage publicly funded vaccines:
- ensures the proper storage and handling of vaccines
- strengthens quality assurance activities
- minimizes and reduces wastage
- promotes vaccine safety and efficacy