B.C.G. vaccine

Glass vial containing freeze-dried B.C.G. vaccine and two glass ampoules, each containing 1ml of sterile water diluent, to provide 20 doses of vaccine when mixed one per vial, for protection against Tuberculosis as part of the UNICEF/WHO Extended Programme on Immunisation (EPI), manufactured by Pasteur Merieux, Lyon, France, 1994

Details

Category:
Public Health & Hygiene
Object Number:
1994-172
type:
vaccine
credit:
UNICEF Supply Division

Parts

Vial containing BCG Vaccine and Ampoule containing Sterile Water, Pasteur Merieux, 1994

Vial containing BCG Vaccine and Ampoule containing Sterile Water, Pasteur Merieux, 1994

Glass vial containing freeze-dried B.C.G. vaccine and glass ampoule, containing 1ml of sterile water diluent, to provide 20 doses of vaccine when mixed one per vial, for protection against Tuberculosis as part of the UNICEF/WHO Extended Programme on Immunisation (EPI), manufactured by Pasteur Merieux, Lyon, France, 1994 (see note).

Measurements:
overall: 43 mm 15 mm,
Materials:
materia medica , glass , paper (fibre product) , aluminium (metal) and plastic (unidentified)
Object Number:
1994-172/1
type:
vaccine , materia medica , vial and ampoule
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Glass ampoule

Glass ampoule

Glass ampoule, 1 of 2, containing 1ml of sterile water diluent, to provide 20 doses of vaccine when mixed one per vial, for protection against Tuberculosis as part of the UNICEF/WHO Extended Programme on Immunisation (EPI), manufactured by Pasteur Merieux, Lyon, France, 1994

Object Number:
1994-172/2
type:
vaccines