DLA News Archive

Tag: Cold Chain Management

A soldier wearing a mask holds a small temperature monitor in one hand, formatted in a vertical portrait over a DLA emblem background

May 7, 2021

DLA reservists support vaccine cold-chain management

Fort Belvoir, Va. — Reservists at Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support are helping monitor COVID-19 vaccine temperatures as the agency ships thousands of doses to Defense Department employees outside the continental United States and the deployed U.S. Navy Fleet amid warmer weather.

Two hands in blue gloves - one holds an arm while the other inserts a needle into the arm.

April 20, 2021

DLA team supports DOD vaccination plan at DHA Headquarters

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Employees from DLA Headquarters and DLA Distribution support DOD's COVID-19 vaccine rollout with daily help from teams at DLA major subordinate commands.

White man holds a label over top of a box he's preparing to ship.

April 15, 2021

DLA prepared to increase overseas vaccine distribution as DOD allotment grows

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — DLA is helping military health officials prepare for a surge in COVID-19 vaccinations available to the Defense Department starting this month.

Dana Dallas, Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Medical cold chain experts, poses for a photo.

Jan. 22, 2021

A conversation with DLA cold chain expert Dana Dallas

PHILADELPHIA — Dana Dallas, the Defense Logistics Agency’s cold chain management expert, has been recognized for her expertise many times over her nearly 20 years in the field. Dallas’ inputs and updates to Defense Department joint cold chain management policy were key points in how DLA managed its tasked distribution of COVID-19 vaccines to overseas military and Navy Fleet customers. DLA Troop Support Corporate Communications talked with Dallas to get more insight on cold chain management and how she became a DOD expert.

Immunotherapy allergens and vaccines are kept in the 35th Medical Operations Squadron immunization clinic's refrigerator and, for most vaccines, are kept between 35 and 46 degrees Fahrenheit, while live vaccines, for instance the flu vaccine, must be kept frozen at 5 degrees Fahrenheit or cooler at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Jan. 14, 2016.

May 10, 2019

Improvements in cold chain management reinforce Medical’s joint role, processes

PHILADELPHIA — The Defense Logistics Agency published an updated joint regulation reinforcing DLA Troop Support Medical’s role and introducing new protocols in cold chain management.