In:
American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, Vol. 101, No. 1 ( 2011-01), p. 46-47
Abstract:
We conducted the first US study using graphic-output temperature data loggers in quantifying cold chain failure. Fifty-four vaccine refrigerators of a county outpatient health system were studied. Forty-eight percent maintained temperatures of 2°C to 8°C and 24% had protracted periods of temperatures less than 0°C. The correlation between the percentage of refrigerators with freezing temperatures and the pertussis rate for each health region was r = 0.76. The findings suggest that improper vaccine storage may have contributed to recent increases in pertussis rates.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0090-0036
,
1541-0048
DOI:
10.2105/AJPH.2009.179853
Language:
English
Publisher:
American Public Health Association
Publication Date:
2011
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2054583-6
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