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warm it for more than 15 minutes? If
so, consider using a cooler and
freezer packs while working with
vaccines in the barn. Alternatively,
remove only the amount of product
that you can use within 15 minutes.
"We understand that this advice
may seem overzealous," Anderson
said, "however without information
about the potency of our common
vaccines after exposure to room
temperatures for extended time, we
recommend erring on the side of
caution. Keep them cool. On the
other hand, do not freeze vaccines
while working with them."
To guard vaccines' potency
between the point of purchase
and the home storage
refrigerator, or between the fridge
and the point of use, a cooler can
help stretch safety limits. While you
might be using a cooler to store your
vaccines the researchers have a
warning. "Beware: coolers are not
just coolers," Anderson said. "They
can also be ovens, incubators, or
freezers. That's a concern if
unwitting misuse harms the
contents."
Anderson and Keeley did some
experiments to see how safe various
systems were for transporting
medications. They explored use of
various numbers of freezer packs
within different types of containers
ranging from a cardboard box to a
styrofoam cooler box to a Coleman
nine -quart cooler.
Carrying on that coffee shop
comparison, Anderson called the
cardboard box "coffee and bagel —
to go". Using a 12 -by -10 -by -8 -inch
box packed with newspaper and two
large freezer packs, they could
maintain the recommended
temperature of 2-7 C for about six
hours in their air-conditioned office.
Using smaller freezer packs, they
never could reach the recommended
temperature.
"The cardboard box is the drive-
through cooler," Anderson said. "Use
it for direct trips from your local
vaccine supplier to your home. If you
crave a coffee and bagel on the way
home, make it to go. Although not
tested in a car on a sunny day, we
cannot recommend using a cardboard
box for more demanding extremes of
temperature."
The researchers also tested a
styrofoam cooler which they terms a