Reverse Cold Chain is used for:-
Correct Answer: Transpoation of Poliomyelitis stool samples from Field to Laboratory
Description: Cold chain: Is a system of storage and transpoation of vaccines from the point of manufacture to the point of administration.(actual vaccination site) Temperature of cold chain : +2 C to +8 C. Reverse cold chain: Is the term used for transpoation of stoolsamples from a suspected polio case for diagnosis. (National Polio Elimination Programme) Temperature of Reverse Cold Chain: +2 C to +8 C. Specific 'red vaccine carrier' is used in reverse cold chain. Warm chain: Keeping a preterm, pre-mature newborn against the body to mother to prevent neonatal hypothermia (NNH) -'Kangaroo Mother Care'. NOTE Polio vaccine is the most heat sensitive vaccine
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