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The switch from tOPV to bOPV Implementation guidelinesVersion date: 13 March 2016Please note: This document is an update of a version released in August 2015.The main changes in the March 2016 version concern the following new content:Guidance on the tOPVdisposal strategy in section 3.4.4;Suggested steps on process monitoring in section 3.5; andSuggested steps and forms on validation provided in Annex 4. List of abbreviations bOPVBivalent Oral Polio VaccineEPIExpanded Programme on ImmunizationGPEIGlobal Polio Eradication InitiativeICCInteragency Coordinating CommitteeIPVInactivated Polio