Purpose
The attachment below outlines the medicines management responsibilities of Chief Pharmacists for Mass Vaccination in Hub and Non-Hub Trust sites, and provides supporting guidance and resources in relation to:
- Safe storage and distribution, including temperature controlled storage and safe handling of materials at ultra-low temperatures, stock control, and reporting vaccine usage to PHE
- Oversight of vaccine handling and preparation, including management of shelf life reduction processes following defrosting
The document aims to promote consistency of practice by providing flow diagrams outlining a stepwise approach to implementing Pharmacy processes to receive, store and issue vaccines, and to oversee vaccine handling processes by clinical staff.
More resources
We also host a range of other resources to enable safe handling of this vaccine in Trusts.