3.4.2 Storage and effectiveness of RotarixTM
RotarixTM is a freeze-sensitive vaccine that must be stored in the refrigerator at a temperature of between +2oC to +8oC. It is a very safe vaccine, which provides 90–100% protection from severe rotavirus disease to fully immunized infants, and 74–85% protection against rotavirus diarrhoea of any severity.
You will receive instructions on the contraindications for giving rotavirus vaccine, and the management of possible adverse events following immunization, when RotarixTM is introduced into the EPI in Ethiopia.
3.4.1 Dosage and schedule of rotavirus vaccine (RotarixTM)