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  Vaccine Vial Monitor Based Vaccine Management: An Albania Experience
  Author(s): Umit Kartoglu*, Erida Nelaj, Iria Preza and Silva Bino
  
  Vaccine vial monitor (VVM) stands out amongst all the temperature monitoring devices and tools, as the only one that has shaped the course of vaccine management practices as well as the vaccine cold chain. Some critical vaccine management approaches that are practiced today, such as multi-dose vial policy, and controlled temperature chain have only been made possible with the help of VVM, and others such as rotating stocks and dispatches have been made more effective. Using the Albania immunization programme as a case, this paper reviews the vaccine management practices from the VVM perspective... View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2376-0419.20.7.207

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