May 1, 2018 Thesis Open Access

Solomon Yetwale

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  <dc:creator>Solomon Yetwale</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>2018-05-01</dc:date>
  <dc:description>Introduction: Vaccines are the only essential commodities that required their own specific supply chain system with storage of 2 oC to 8 oC. It is critical that they should be kept at appropriate temperatures during transit and storage.
Objective: The purpose of this study was to assess vaccines’ cold chain management practice at public health facilities under North Shoa Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia.
Methods: descriptive research design with time dimension of cross-sectional study was used to assess the status of cold chain management practice at health facilities in North Shoa Zone Amhara Region, Ethiopia.
Results: 81.7% (n=49) out of 60 facilities monitored the cold chain in twice daily bases at the time of visit. Taking the last six month temperature monitoring status of the facilities, 51.7% (n=31) of the facilities had complete set of twice daily manual temperature monitoring chart. In 38.3% (n=23) of the facilities one or more refrigerators were non functional. All receipts and dispatches were recorded in 58.3% (n=35) of facilities. The vaccines were not packed with air circulating and appropriate gap between them in 38.4% (n=23) of the facilities.
Conclusion: Overall from the findings of the study, it can be conclude that there were vaccine cold chain management practice problems</dc:description>
  <dc:identifier>https://zenodo.org/record/1567</dc:identifier>
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  <dc:relation>url:https://nadre.ethernet.edu.et/communities/aau</dc:relation>
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  <dc:title>VACCINE COLD CHAIN MANAGEMENT PRACTICE: THE CASE OF PUBLIC HEALTH FACILITIES AT NORTH SHOA ZONE, AMAHARA REGION, ETHIOPIA</dc:title>
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