Is it OK to pre-draw influenza vaccine for a large clinic?
The National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases and the vaccine manufacturers strongly discourage prefilling syringes with vaccine prior to usage. With the exception of manufacturer-prefilled syringes, syringes used to administer vaccines are meant for administration, not storage. However, if you must prefill syringes for a large clinic, please review guidelines in the “Vaccine Storage & Handling Toolkit”, http://www2a.cdc.gov/nip/isd/shtoolkit/012Chap11.pdf (Chapter 11, pages 6-8). Any non-manufacturer prefilled syringes should be discarded at the end of the clinic day.
