COVID-19 Vaccines:
Summary of Key Points
| Moderna (Spikevax™) | Pfizer-BioNTech (Comirnaty™) | Novavax (Nuvaxovid™) (protein subunit) | |
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Associated COVID-19 Immunize BC Operations Centre (IBCOC) SOPs |
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| Primary storage at BCCDC central depot | -50°C to -15°C until expiry date.
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-90°C to -60°C until expiry. Do not store at -25°C to -15°C.
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+2°C to +8°C until expiry date, vaccine cannot be frozen |
| Refrigerated storage | +2°C to +8°C for 30 days | +2°C to +8°C for 10 weeks (70 days).
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+2°C to +8°C until expiry date |
| Room Temperature (RT) | Up to +25°C for 24 hours (cumulative) | Closed vials may be stored up to 24 hours at temperatures up to +25°C with no more than 12 hours from the time of first puncture. After first puncture, vials are stored at +2°C to +25°C
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Up to +25°C for 6 hours after first puncture |
| Usage time | Vaccine must be used within 24 hours of first vial puncture. Vaccine pre-loaded into syringes must be used within 24 hours (+2°C to +25°C). | Vaccine must be used within 12 hours after first puncture.
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Opened vials and pre-loaded syringes: +2°C to +8°C for max 12 hours after first vial puncture. |
| Transportation | +2°C to +8°C for a cumulative 12 hours (any hours used for transport at +2°C to +8°C count against the 30-day limit for storage at +2°C to +8°C). | Any hours used for transport at +2°C to +8°C count against the 10 week (70 day) limit for storage at +2°C to +8°C.
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Transport unopened vials at +2°C to +8°C; transport of pre-filled syringes may be done in exceptional circumstances |