【Gulf News】阿布達比希望聯盟每年渴望運送180億劑疫苗
June 19, 2021
阿布達比物流負責人Robert Sutton展示一台超低溫冷凍櫃，疫苗在控制的溫度中儲存。(照片中的超低溫冷凍櫃來自PHCbi TwinGuard系列，型號：MDF-DU702VXC)
照片/新聞出處：Exclusive tour reveals specialised storage and security features of Abu Dhabi’s Hope Consortium vaccine hub
深陷全球COVID-19疫情的泥沼，世界各地的人們仰賴疫苗成為終結疫情的手段。但是當疫苗終於在2020年底上市後，另一個全球性問題浮出水面：疫苗的存取。
阿聯酋於非常早期時，即採用大規模測試及追蹤策略，並針對COVID-19疫苗進行一系列三期測試，因此阿聯酋在保護其人口不受新冠肺炎感染方面一直處於領先地位。
疫苗處理：
當疫苗運送到疫苗中心時，運送車會在16個碼頭之一卸貨。卸貨時會有一道空氣帷幕將車輛四周包裹起來，以避免貨物在過程中受到沙塵污染。在裝載並準備運輸疫苗時也會使用空氣帷幕。中央接收/作業區隨時準備接收疫苗，運送疫苗也在這裡準備，倉庫管理系統追蹤所有送達及檢查過的疫苗劑量。當疫苗運抵時，會進行溫度檢查，並記錄批號和製造商的資訊，接著分配至疫苗中心的儲存地點。
其中一台用來儲存疫苗、數位控制的超低溫冷凍櫃。(照片中的超低溫冷凍櫃來自PHCbi TwinGuard系列，型號：MDF-DU702VXC)
照片/新聞出處：Exclusive tour reveals specialised storage and security features of Abu Dhabi’s Hope Consortium vaccine hub
超低溫儲存：
為了符合低於零度，也就是能安全儲存像是輝瑞的mRNA疫苗要求，疫苗中心特寫該區其中一個最大的、位於主要區域外的“冷凍櫃農場”。超低溫冷凍櫃的門鎖只有合格的藥劑師可以打開，由於必須配合航班時間和其他時區的要求，三位藥劑師中的一位全天候在場，因應並加速不同時間下的作業。在藥劑師監督下，所有訂單均由倉庫團隊處理，藥劑師也隨機進行品質檢查，確保疫苗品質及安全。
(影片中的超低溫冷凍櫃來自PHCbi TwinGuard系列，型號：MDF-DU702VXC)
影片/新聞出處：Abu Dhabi’s Hope Consortium aspires to deliver 18 billion vaccine doses a year
劑量配送：
迄今為止，疫苗中心儲存65%的疫苗已運往海外，其餘則在當地配送。該些疫苗已在31個國家的偏遠地區使用，包含南美洲、非洲和歐洲，還有阿拉伯海灣和中東地區的國家。Sutton說，由於非洲國家有很多地區沒有成熟的冷鏈，可預料該些地區會使用希望聯盟疫苗中心的服務，因為他們必須提供COVID-19疫苗給分散的人口。
Abu Dhabi’s Hope Consortium aspires to deliver 18 billion vaccine doses a year
Mired in the global COVID-19 outbreak, populations across the world have been looking to vaccines as a means to end the pandemic. But when the jabs eventually came onto the market in late 2020, another global concern came to the fore: vaccine access.The UAE has been leading the way in efforts to protect its population from the coronavirus, with mass test and trace strategies introduced very early on, and a series of Phase III tests launched for COVID-19 vaccines.
Vaccine processing
When a shipment of vaccines is brought to the facility, the transport vehicle is received at one of 16 loading docks. An air curtain is inflated and wrapped around the vehicle to protect the cargo from dust and sand as it is unloaded. The curtains are also used when loading a shipment for transport.
A central reception and operations area stands ready to receive vaccines. It is also here that vaccine shipments are prepared before transport. A warehouse management system keeps track of all vaccine doses brought to the facility, and all that are checked out. When a shipment is brought in, its temperature is checked and details like batch number and manufacturer are recorded. It is then assigned a storage space in the facility.
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(照片中的Ultra Low Freezer來自PHCbi TwinGuard系列，型號：MDF-DU702VXC)
Ultra-cold storage
To achieve sub-zero temperatures, which are a requirement to safely store mRNA-based vaccines like Pfizer, the facility features one of the region’s largest “freezer farms,” which is located off the main area. The locked doors of the freezers can only be opened by a qualified pharmacist, and one of three pharmacists is present on-site round-the-clock to facilitate operations, which must be carried out at widely different times to keep up with flight times and requests from other time zones.
All orders are processed by the warehouse team under pharmacist supervision. The pharmacists also carry out quality checks randomly to ensure vaccine quality and safety.
Dose distribution
Till date, 65 per cent of the vaccine doses stored at the facility have been sent abroad, with the rest being distributed locally. The doses have been handled across far-flung locations in 31 countries, including in South America, Africa, and Europe, as well as countries in the Arabian Gulf and the Middle East.
Sutton said countries in Africa, which do not have a developed cold chain in many of their regions, are expected to make use of Hope Consortium services as they try to get COVID-19 vaccine doses to their widely dispersed populations.
新聞出處：Exclusive tour reveals specialised storage and security features of Abu Dhabi’s Hope Consortium vaccine hub
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