Primary contractors are responsible for receiving, maintaining, and returning vaccine, supplies, and paperwork. Vaccine and supplies will arrive in two separate shipments.

Receiving Shipments 

• Check quantity of items received against packing list
• Refrigerate vaccine between 36°F – 46°F
• Freeze cold packs
• Monitor vaccine temperatures

Vaccine Transportation

• Utilize provided cooler and materials
• Pack in the following order:
  • Conditioned cold packs, barrier, vaccine & temperature indicators, barrier, conditioned cold packs

Return Shipment Materials 

• Return paperwork
  • Completed consent forms, time log, signed standing orders, worksheet
  • If applicable also return incident report, time extension form, roster, station participation log, reconciliation log
• Return leftover supplies
• Return leftover vaccine

Return Shipment Method

• Vaccine must be returned using FedEx overnight
• Vaccine can only be returned on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays
• A return shipping chart is included in each shipment with additional return shipment information