Ministry actions following the National Review of Cold Chain Management Practices Actions Stakeholders Status Completion Development of IMAC Interim Guidelines for Ministry of Health, PHARMAC, DHBs, Completed Dec 15 Purchase of Chilly Bins for off-site immunisations IMAC, School Based Immunisation Programmes, immunisation providers Interim review and update of the Cold Chain Ministry of Health, PHARMAC, DHBs, Completed Feb 16 Accreditation documentation IMAC, immunisation providers Review and implement changes to the National Cold Ministry of Health, PHARMAC, DHBs, Completed Sept 16 Chain Audit monitoring processes IMAC, vaccine distributors, immunisation providers Review and update the National Guidelines for Ministry of Health, PHARMAC, DHBs, Completed Feb 17 Vaccine Storage and Distribution 2012 IMAC, vaccine distributors, immunisation providers Release the National Standards for Vaccine Storage Ministry of Health, PHARMAC, DHBs, Completed Feb 17 and Transportation for Immunisation Providers IMAC, vaccine distributors, immunisation 2017 providers Review and update the immunisation providers cold Ministry of Health, PHARMAC, DHBs, Completed Feb 17 chain policy template to align with the National IMAC, immunisation providers Standards for Vaccine Storage and Transportation for Immunisation Providers 2017 Review and update the cold chain accreditation Ministry of Health, PHARMAC, DHBs, Completed Feb 17 documentation to align with the National Standards IMAC, immunisation providers for Vaccine Storage and Transportation for Immunisation Providers 2017 Review the Annual Cold Chain Management Guide Ministry of Health, PHARMAC, DHBs, Underway March 17 and Record IMAC, vaccine distributers, immunisation providers Review and test off-site vaccine transportation and Ministry of Health, PHARMAC, DHBs, Underway June 17 temperature monitoring processes and equipment IMAC, School Based Immunisation Programmes, immunisation providers
Ministry actions following the National Review of Cold Chain Management Practices Actions Stakeholders Status Completion Development of IMAC Interim Guidelines for Purchase of Chilly Bins for off-site immunisations Ministry of Health, PHARMAC, DHBs, IMAC, School Based Immunisation Programmes, immunisation providers Completed Dec 15 Interim review and update of the Cold Chain Accreditation documentation Ministry of Health, PHARMAC, DHBs, IMAC, immunisation providers Completed Feb 16 Review and implement changes to the National Cold Chain Audit monitoring processes Ministry of Health, PHARMAC, DHBs, IMAC, vaccine distributors, immunisation providers Completed Sept 16 Review and update the National Guidelines for Vaccine Storage and Distribution 2012 Ministry of Health, PHARMAC, DHBs, IMAC, vaccine distributors, immunisation providers Completed Feb 17 Release the National Standards for Vaccine Storage and Transportation for Immunisation Providers 2017 Ministry of Health, PHARMAC, DHBs, IMAC, vaccine distributors, immunisation providers Completed Feb 17 Review and update the immunisation providers cold chain policy template to align with the National Standards for Vaccine Storage and Transportation for Immunisation Providers 2017 Ministry of Health, PHARMAC, DHBs, IMAC, immunisation providers Completed Feb 17 Review and update the cold chain accreditation documentation to align with the National Standards for Vaccine Storage and Transportation for Immunisation Providers 2017 Ministry of Health, PHARMAC, DHBs, IMAC, immunisation providers Completed Feb 17 Review the Annual Cold Chain Management Guide and Record Ministry of Health, PHARMAC, DHBs, IMAC, vaccine distributers, immunisation providers Underway March 17 Review and test off-site vaccine transportation and temperature monitoring processes and equipment Ministry of Health, PHARMAC, DHBs, IMAC, School Based Immunisation Programmes, immunisation providers Underway June 17
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