Awareness of vaccine cold chain handlers about vaccine cold chain in district Etawah

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dc.contributor.authorKumar, Shishiren_US
dc.contributor.authorSingh, Naresh Palen_US
dc.contributor.authorJain, Pankaj Kumaren_US
dc.contributor.authorKumar, Sandipen_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-05-06T09:52:58Z
dc.date.available2020-05-06T09:52:58Z
dc.date.issued2020-02
dc.description.abstractBackground: Vaccine potency can be lost when exposed to non-recommended temperatures. Hence for the proper running of the universal immunization programme (UIP) factors like vaccine cold chain and vaccine management wants great focus and attention skills and knowledge of the vaccine cold chain handlers so for good implementation of UIP vaccine cold chain handlers are important.Methods: This was an observational cross-sectional study. Study duration was carried out from October 2017 to March 2018. All the 16 cold chain handlers of district Etawah were interviewed.Results: All 16 (100.0%) were male and 1 (6.3%), 2 (12.5%), 8 (50.0%) and 5 (31.3%) of the respondents were high schools, intermediate, graduate, and post-graduate respectively. It had been observed that the hundred percent of the cold chain handlers with the knowledge of vaccine cold chain. It has been observed from the study that 15 (93.7%) cold chain handlers had knowledge of temperature range for vaccine storage.Conclusions: Quality of immunization program depends upon cold chain management at peripheral health institutions. In our study, we have found that most of the vaccine handlers were reported to have appropriate knowledge regarding the cold chain.en_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Community Medicine, Uttar Pradesh University of Medical Sciences, Saifai, Etawah Uttar Pradesh, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.citationKumar Shishir, Singh Naresh Pal, Jain Pankaj Kumar, Kumar Sandip. Awareness of vaccine cold chain handlers about vaccine cold chain in district Etawah. International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health. 2020 Feb; 7(2): 550-553en_US
dc.identifier.issn2394-6032
dc.identifier.issn2394-6040
dc.identifier.placeIndiaen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/202117
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherMedip Academyen_US
dc.relation.issuenumber2en_US
dc.relation.volume7en_US
dc.source.urihttps://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20200425en_US
dc.subjectCold chain handlersen_US
dc.subjectImmunizationen_US
dc.subjectVaccinesen_US
dc.subjectHoldover timeen_US
dc.titleAwareness of vaccine cold chain handlers about vaccine cold chain in district Etawahen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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