Visual inspection of vaccine storage conditions in general practices: A study of 75 vaccine refrigerators.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Adequate vaccine storage is a prerequisite to assure vaccine effectiveness and tolerability. In this context, maintaining the cold chain (2°C to 8°C) is the paramount objective. To establish quality-ensured cold chain maintenance, compliance with several structural and procedural aspects is necessary.

Main objective

The aim of this publication is to assess the quality of vaccine refrigerator management in general practices.

Methods

This study describes baseline results of an intervention study. To evaluate the quality of vaccine refrigerator management, visual inspections were conducted of refrigerators used to store vaccines in general practices of a German teaching practice network. The study instrument was a checklist with ten quality criteria based on

SUBMITTER: Thielmann A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6890257 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature