Learning Outcomes

When you have studied this session, you should be able to:

• Define and use correctly all of the key words printed in bold.
• Describe the common types of cold chain equipment and their uses in your Health Post.
• Describe how you can monitor the effectiveness of the cold chain for vaccines at your Health Post and when you are transporting vaccines.
• Describe how vaccines can be spoiled and how to prevent this from happening.
• Describe how to load vaccines and diluents correctly into cold chain equipment.
• Briefly describe how to maintain cold chain equipment (undertake minor repairs).