The US FDA = Food and Drug Administration has approved the emergency use of the new coronavirus vaccine such as Pfizer, a major pharmaceutical company, and the vaccine will be supplied to various parts of the United States.
Vaccines are to be given priority to medical professionals, etc., and medical institutions in each region are preparing for vaccination.
At Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City, which operates multiple medical institutions, before vaccination begins, the procedure for storing the received vaccine in the freezer is confirmed, and the vaccine is actually inoculated by thawing and diluting it. We are repeatedly training on the preparatory work to do.
Pfizer vaccines can be stored at -60 to -80 degrees for up to 6 months, but once thawed for inoculation, they cannot be frozen again.
Since one bottle contains an amount of vaccine that can be inoculated five times, it is necessary to inoculate with an emphasis on efficiency after thawing.
Mount Sinai Hospital plans to change the tent currently set up for testing for the new coronavirus to a place for vaccination and proceed with vaccination.
"The vaccine you receive must be transferred to the freezer within 90 seconds of the box, and we will treat it carefully as a very valuable item," said a person at Mount Sinai Hospital.