4 February 2010

PATIENT SAFETY

Vaccine cold storage (21st January 2010)
New guidance, produced by the National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA) and frontline services across England and Wales, has been published today aimed at ensuring clinicians store vaccines at the recommended manufacturer temperature range.

The Rapid Response Report issued to all NHS acute and community organisations, as well as the independent sector, follows details received by the NPSA of 260 reported patient safety incidents between 1 January 2005 and 1 April 2009 of incorrect vaccine storage. During this time, 50 million doses of childhood vaccines were distributed across the UK.
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