Reminder: Ensuring the correct Pfizer expiry date is used

Reminder to all COVID-19 vaccination sites:
The vaccine expiry dates on the printed label on the vaccine box are calculated based on the time of removal from ultra cold storage. These EXPIRY dates and times, must never be altered by vaccinators (this a restricted activity).

Vaccines can be used up until midnight of the expiry date printed on the box that the vaccine is provided in. This expiry date supersedes the expiry on the vaccine vial.

Recently Pfizer advised that the ultra cold storage expiry date had been altered from its original printed date on the vial, extending it by 3 months for a particular batch of vaccine. This did not alter the expiry date related to normal cold chain storage (+2 to +8˚C) at vaccination sites.

If you have any questions regarding expiry of your vaccine stock, please contact 0800 immune (0800 466 863).
Ngā mihi nui, ka kite
Immunisation Advisory Centre team 

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