[Nhcoll-l] COVID vaccine storage in biological collections facilities

[James Bryant]

If NM was rather more resourceful, they would have obtained an additional freezer(s) and then involved the Museum of SW Biology in storage monitoring, security, etc. Build the state's capacity for present and future needs.

James Bryant
SOJOURN Science - Nature - Education
Santa Fe, NM
https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-bryant-0598a940/


> On Dec 8, 2020, at 1:10 PM, Michael Andersen <mjandersen at unm.edu> wrote:
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> Hi Andy,
> 
> I agree that we potentially have much to offer our state and local communities in the way of cold storage, and the potential goodwill and exposure is high. We were contacted about a month ago by folks at UNM Hospital. They are in charge of state-wide organization and were taking stock of ultracold resources within the UNM system. We offered to help, but they opted not to include us. I should say that in speaking with UNM Biosafety, we were told that should a freezer be used for vaccine storage, it would first need to be decommissioned of all material, decontaminated, and used only for vaccine storage for the duration of the vaccine program. There didn’t seem to be an option to share space within a freezer.
> 
> Mike
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>> On Dec 8, 2020, at 12:49 PM, Bentley, Andrew Charles <abentley at ku.edu <mailto:abentley at ku.edu>> wrote:
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>>  <>Hi all
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>> I am interested in knowing if anyone has been contacted by federal, state or local authorities about the possibility of storing COVID vaccine in cryogenic facilities associated with biological collections.  It is apparent that cold storage capacity may become an issue for the Pfizer vaccine and maybe others and that the collections community may be in a position to assist in this regard for the good of the communities we reside in.  This may also be a great opportunity for us to also showcase the work that we do and the value of our collections to mitigating human health issues such as pandemics and the value of collections in general.
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>> The Biodiversity Collections Network (BCoN) along with AIBS and NSCA are potentially interested in being proactive about contacting these agencies to offer our support but it would be interesting to know in advance if contact has been made and by whom.
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>> Thanks
>>  
>> Andy
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>> University of Kansas
>> Biodiversity Institute
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