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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jun 22.
Published in final edited form as: Vaccine. 2015 Apr 15;33(28):3242–3247. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2015.04.018

Table 1.

Vaccine characteristics in Benin supply chain model

Vaccine Presentation Storage Location Doses per Person Baseline presentations Experimental presentations
Doses per Vial Vaccine Packed Volume per Dose Diluent Packed Volume per Dose Doses per Vial Vaccine Packed Volume per Dose Diluent Packed Volume per Dose
Diphtheria-tetanus- pertussis-haemophilus influenza type B-hepatitis B vaccine (DTP-HepB-Hib) Liquid Refrigerator (2°C-8°C) 3 2 9.9 cm3 n/a 10 2.6 cm3 n/a
1 10.3 cm3 n/a
Oral polio vaccine (OPV) Liquid Preferably freezer (−15°C - 0°C) 4 20 0.7 cm3 n/a 10 1.0 cm3 n/a
Bacille Calmette-Guérin tuberculosis vaccine (BCG) Lyophilized Refrigerator (2°C-8°C) 1 20 1.3 cm3 0.6 cm3 10 2.3 cm3 1.0 cm3
Yellow fever vaccine (YF) Lyophilized Refrigerator (2°C-8°C) 1 10 2.5 cm3 2.5 cm3 2 7.2 cm3 7.2 cm3
Tetanus toxoid vaccine (TT) Liquid Refrigerator (2°C-8°C) 2 10 2.6 cm3 n/a 1 15.7 cm3 n/a
Measles vaccine (M) Lyophilized Refrigerator (2°C-8°C) 1 10 1.3 cm3 2.5 cm3 1 26.1 cm3 15.7 cm3
Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) Liquid Refrigerator (2°C-8°C) 3 1 12.0 cm3 n/a 2 4.8 cm3 n/a
Rotavirus vaccine (RV) Liquid Refrigerator (2°C-8°C) 2 1 17.1 cm3 n/a n/a n/a n/a