JYNNEOS® is the mpox vaccine used in Australia. This vaccine is available to order on the Onelink ordering platform (external site). Please be aware that the vaccine has a short expiry, so order limits have been put in place to prevent over ordering and subsequent wastage. Providers/services which see high numbers of the vaccine eligible cohort are exempt from this order limit. Whole cartons (boxes of 20 vials) are labelled with the vaccine manufacture’s expiry date which is based on frozen storage. Vaccines are thawed to +2 to +8oC in batches, to fulfil order requests. The date and time of thawing will be placed on a label adjacent to the frozen expiry and batch details. Vaccine is thawed in batches (not on order demand), and thawed expiry shelf life is up to 24 weeks. Do not refreeze the vaccine once thawed.
Orders of less than 20 vials will be repackaged by Onelink and re-labelled with the same details as received from the distributor, including batch number and manufacturer expiry date, and the revised expiry date and time, of the thawed product. If you receive an order without these relevant details, please contact vaccineorders@health.wa.gov.au.
Cold chain management
Refer to the National vaccine storage guidelines: Strive for 5 (external site) and Cold chain management for information and advice regarding cold chain management of the vaccine.
Recording and reporting disposal
Wastage must be recorded as soon as practicable. If the vaccine expires before being administered, please fill in the vaccine expiry form. For any other cold chain breach, immediately quarantine vaccines in the vaccine fridge and seek advice by filling in the Cold chain breach and vaccine wastage form (PDF 280KB) and submitting it to your local public health unit. For any sites within the metropolitan areas, use Cold chain breach and vaccine wastage form (RedCap) (external site).
If you have any questions or concerns about vaccine ordering, please email vaccineorders@health.wa.gov.au.