What is CDC’s policy regarding the use of certified thermometers and the expectation in terms of frequency of re-calibrating thermometers?
The VFC Site Visit Questionnaire requires a practice to have one certified thermometer per refrigerator or freezer compartment and requires that this thermometer be used for recording temperatures If there is not a certified thermometer at the time of the VFC site visit in any or all of the vaccine storage units, then corrective action must be taken by the office to correct the situation, and the corrective action steps must be monitored by the grantee. In the Vaccine Storage and Handling Toolkit, CDC recommends the use of refrigerator and freezer thermometers that have been individually certified against an ASTM or NIST standard. Additional information about thermometers is available in the Vaccine Storage and Handling Toolkit at http://www2a.cdc.gov/vaccines/ed/shtoolkit/default.htm. Manufacturer specifications should be followed regarding recalibration, or recertification of thermometers. The manufacturer-specified frequency of recalibration varies by make and model, with recalibrat
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