âFreezer farmâ created to hold Cleveland Clinicâs COVID-19 vaccine doses at critically low temps
Safely storing a delicate lifeline By Aria Janel | December 11, 2020 at 7:01 PM EST - Updated December 11 at 7:01 PM
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - Few have access to this safe, secure, and highly-sensitive part of the Cleveland Clinic: Itâs a freezer farm created specifically to house COVID-19 vaccine doses.
âWe have the capability to store hundreds of thousands of doses of vaccine,â said Jeffrey Rosner, executive director of pharmacy, sourcing, and supply chain.
The first shipment to arrive at the Clinic will contain 975 doses of the vaccine.
Cleveland Clinic offers updated look inside freezer farm storage procedures for COVID-19 vaccine Once we open up the freezer, we only have three minutes in which to pull the product out, and then we have to close the freezer doors. Author: Ryan Haidet Updated: 1:40 PM EST December 14, 2020
CLEVELAND Once the COVID-19 vaccine arrives in Northeast Ohio following emergency usage approval from the FDA, the Cleveland Clinic will be among the first locations to receive a shipment of the shots.
The Clinic, which has been selected as one of 10 pre-positioned vaccine sites in Ohio, shared an update Friday on what the vaccination storage process entails – and it’s a very sensitive process.