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Cold chain

The document discusses the cold chain, a temperature-controlled supply chain essential for storing and transporting perishable products like vaccines and medicines, ensuring product quality and reducing contamination risks. It details various electrical and non-electrical cold chain equipment, including walk-in freezers, coolers, and solar refrigerators, highlighting their temperature ranges and specific uses for vaccine storage. Additionally, it emphasizes the importance of maintaining vaccine potency by protecting them from heat, freeze, and light sensitivities.

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Cold chain

The document discusses the cold chain, a temperature-controlled supply chain essential for storing and transporting perishable products like vaccines and medicines, ensuring product quality and reducing contamination risks. It details various electrical and non-electrical cold chain equipment, including walk-in freezers, coolers, and solar refrigerators, highlighting their temperature ranges and specific uses for vaccine storage. Additionally, it emphasizes the importance of maintaining vaccine potency by protecting them from heat, freeze, and light sensitivities.

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COLD CHAIN

VENKATA ADITYA
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Cold chain and its importance
 Temperature-controlled supply chain used to store, transport
and distribute perishable products like vaccines, medicines,
food, and chemicals
 Preserves product quality
 Reduces the risk of contamination
 Maintains vaccine potency (temperature fluctuations can
render vaccines ineffective)
Heat sensitivity of vaccines
Freeze sensitivity of vaccines
Light sensitivity of vaccines
 Degrade/lose potency upon exposure to sunlight, UV light or
fluorescent light
 BCG, MMR, Varicella, Meningococcal C conjugate
Electrical Cold Chain Equipment
Walk-In Freezer
A pre-fabricated modular
polyurethane foam insulated panel
assembled cold room. Maintains a
temperature between -15c to -25c.
Usually installed at national, state
and regional vaccine stores.
Electrical Cold Chain Equipment
Walk-In Cooler
It maintains a temperature of +2C to
+8C. Used for storage of large
quantities of vaccines like BCG,
Hepatitis B, Pentavalent etc. Installed
at government medical store depots,
state and regional vaccine stores.
Electrical Cold Chain Equipment
Deep Freezer
It operates on a vapour compression
system similar to any conventional
refrigerator. Temperature is
maintained between -15C to -25C.
Used for storing OPV vaccine for 3
months and also for freezing ice
packs.
Electrical Cold Chain Equipment
Ice Lined Refrigerator
Similar to deep freezer. Maintains
temperature between +2C to +8C.
Used to store vaccines at district
and sub district level.
Electrical Cold Chain Equipment
Domestic Refrigerator
They maintain temperature between +2C to +8C. But the hold over time
and capacity to store vaccines is limited. Used at private clinics and
nursing homes.
Non-Electrical Cold Chain Equipment
Cold Boxes
Cold boxes are supplied to all
peripheral centres. Fully frozen ice
packs are placed at bottom and
sides of cold boxes, then the vaccine
is placed.
Non-Electrical Cold Chain Equipment
Vaccine Carriers
Used to carry small quantities of
vaccines(16-20 vials) for out of reach
sessions. 4 fully frozen ice packs are
used for lining the sides.
Solar Cold Chain Equipment
Solar Refrigerator Direct Drive
Uses sun’s energy to freeze water or
other phase change materials and
then uses cooling from that ‘ice
bank’ to keep the refrigerator cold
during night and cloudy days.
Solar Cold Chain Equipment
Solar Refrigerator Battery Drive
Works on the same principle as normal compression
refrigerator but incorporates low voltage DC compressors in
place of AC.
It has two separate compartments:
A) vaccine storage compartment which maintains temperature
range of +2C to +8C
B) freezer compartment for storing frozen ice pack, maintains
temperature upto -7C
THANK YOU!

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