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Shanghai’s vaccines to be traceable
By:Yichuan Ma  |  From:english.eastday.com  |  2018-07-18 15:49

How to make sure that every single vaccine is traceable? How to real-time monitor the condition of the vaccines in transit or storage? How to ensure that patients receive the correct vaccines and that the medical personnel are qualified? According to the Shanghai Municipal Commission of Health and Family Planning, Shanghai has now established an integrated vaccination information system, covering all the stages of purchase, supply, storage, logistics and vaccination, enabling the administrational practices of retracing each step.

Recently, Shanghai has been informationizing the process of vaccinations, building a data platform and integrating several databases such as citizens’ electronic health records, vaccination plans and the logistic distribution of vaccines.

The new integrated system has a great many advantages: the information of patients, vaccines and the vaccination services are all matched and synchronized; all stages from when a vaccine leaves the factory and is distributed, stored and inspected by the receiving hospital are under supervision; a code attached to the vaccine enables the traceability of the original vaccine, the vaccine product, the cold-chain device, the patient’s identity and that of the practicing doctor; and the function of auto-check and alert is improved to reduce the probability of mistakes during vaccination.

“The responsible doctor only has to scan the code to know all the information after the vaccine left the factory and there will be an auto-warning if a problem is detected. Even if there is an untoward effect afterwards we can trace the vaccine with the code quickly,” says Wu Fan, vice director at the Commission. The system boosts the efficiency and accountability of responsible agencies and delivers better services. In addition, Shanghai will soon launch a registration, notification and record inquiry system on WeChat as well.

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