Technical and Commercial Feasibility of Stabilizing Vaccines: PATH Study

PATH is pleased to share with you key findings on the technical and commercial feasibility of stabilizing vaccines. These findings are outlined in a recent guest editorial published in the Journal Human Vaccines.    

In the editorial, PATH's Debra Kristensen, group leader of Vaccine Technologies, and Dexiang Chen, senior technical officer, reflect on nearly eight years of work with 33 collaborators to optimize the heat- and freeze-stability of seven vaccines.

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Disposal of Pre-Filled Glass Syringes?
Michel Othepa adds to the original posting by Toryalai Hart

Rwanda just completed the PCV7 post introduction evaluation. Here is the update from the evaluation. The approved disposal policy for glass pre-filled syringes (PFS) was defined as follow:

1. Collect used glass pre-filled syringes and AD syringes in two different safety boxes ("red" safety boxes" for glass PFS and "yellow" or "white" safety boxes for AD syringes).
2. Filled yellow or white safety boxes with AD syringes are disposed using the standard incinerators at the health center. Filled "red" safety boxes with glass syringes are stored at the health center in a safe place and are taken to the district hospital once every month when the health worker comes to collect vaccines and other medical supplies
3. When the number of red safety boxes increases at the district hospital (once every two or three months), a truck goes and collects them and transports them to the high temperature incinerator located at the Kanombe Military district hospital (in Kigali).

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