VCP 411: Medicine Section

USING CLEAN EQUIPMENT

• Wash your hands before and after handling medicinal products.
• Use disposable syringes whenever possible.
• If using reusable syringes, use only hot water (no soap or detergent) to rinse them before using modified live virus vaccines. Chemicals may destroy the live virus and inactivate the vaccine.
• Use hot water and mild disinfectants to clean syringes for other types of injectable products.
• After cleaning, sterilize reusable syringes before reusing by autoclaving (high temperature, pressurized steam cleaning technique).