Assessment of vaccine wastage in an immunization clinic of a tertiary care hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal

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dc.contributor.authorChakraborty, Nabanitaen_US
dc.contributor.authorJoardar, Gautam Kumaren_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-05-06T08:58:17Z
dc.date.available2020-05-06T08:58:17Z
dc.date.issued2019-11
dc.description.abstractBackground: Universal Immunization Programme was launched by Government of India in 1985 with the aim of immunizing all children and pregnant women across the country free of cost. However high vaccine wastage and lack of proper vaccine management could not meet the demand and increased the cost.Methods: A descriptive record based study was conducted in the immunization clinic of KPC Medical College and Hospital. Vaccination records of all children and pregnant women attending clinic from 1st July 2018 to 30th June 2019 was retrieved from the immunization registers.Results: Wastage rate was found to be highest for bacillus Calmette–Guérin vaccine vaccine (68.9%) and lowest for oral polio vaccine (27.7%). Wastage rate was higher for 10 dose vial vaccine compared to 5 dose vial and 20 dose vial vaccine and the differences were statistically significant (p<0.00001).The wastage rate was higher for lyophilized vaccine compared to liquid vaccine and for injectable vaccine compared to oral vaccine. These differences were also statistically significant (p<0.00001).Conclusions: Thus regular monitoring of immunization sessions should be done to estimate the vaccine wastage in each session. Reducing wastage is expected to increase the quality and efficiency of the programme and also reduce the cost without compromising the coverage.en_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Community Medicine, KPC Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.citationChakraborty Nabanita, Joardar Gautam Kumar. Assessment of vaccine wastage in an immunization clinic of a tertiary care hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal. International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health. 2019 Nov; 6(11): 4959-4963en_US
dc.identifier.issn2394-6032
dc.identifier.issn2394-6040
dc.identifier.placeIndiaen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/201870
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherMedip Academyen_US
dc.relation.issuenumber11en_US
dc.relation.volume6en_US
dc.source.urihttps://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20195088en_US
dc.subjectVaccine wastage rateen_US
dc.subjectBacillus Calmette–Guérin vaccineen_US
dc.subjectPentavalenten_US
dc.subjectMeasles and rubella virus vaccineen_US
dc.subjectHepatitis Ben_US
dc.titleAssessment of vaccine wastage in an immunization clinic of a tertiary care hospital, Kolkata, West Bengalen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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