From: Vaccination process evaluation at COVID-19 vaccination centers in Lebanon: a national study
Questions | PZ N = 20 (%) |
---|---|
1. Vials are held at room temperature for up to 2Â h before mixing | |
 No | 1 (5.0) |
 Yes | 15 (75.0) |
 Not observed | 4 (20.0) |
2. Diluent used (specify type and amount used: 1.8Â mL of 0.9% sodium chloride) | |
 Yes | 16 (80.0) |
 Not observed | 4 (20.0) |
3. Top of the 0.9% sodium chloride vial cleaned with a single-use alcohol swab | |
 No | 3 (15.0) |
 Yes | 13 (65.0) |
 Not observed | 4 (20.0) |
4. Needle 21 gauge or narrower recommended for dilution process | |
 Yes | 16 (80.0) |
 Not observed | 4 (20.0) |
5. Top of the vaccine of vial cleaned with single-use alcohol swab prior to piercing it | |
 No | 6 (30.0) |
 Yes | 10 (50.0) |
 Not observed | 4 (20.0) |
6. 1.8Â mL of diluent added into the vaccine vial | |
 No | 1 (5.0) |
 Yes | 15 (75.0) |
 Not observed | 4 (20.0) |
7. Before removing the needle from the vaccine vial, pressure in the vial equalized by withdrawing 1.8Â mL of air into the empty diluent syringe | |
 No | 1 (5.0) |
 Yes | 15 (75.0) |
 Not observed | 4 (20.0) |
8. Vaccine vial gently inverted 10 times before and after dilution | |
 No | 6 (30.0) |
 Yes | 10 (50.0) |
 Not observed | 4 (20.0) |
9. Draw up 0.3Â mL of the diluted solution into a new sterile syringe with a needle appropriate for intramuscular injection | |
 No | 2 (10.0) |
 Yes | 14 (70.0) |
 Not observed | 4 (20.0) |
10. Significant air bubbles are removed from the syringe while the needle is still in the vial of the reconstituted vaccine | |
 No | 4 (20.0) |
 Yes | 12 (60.0) |
 Not observed | 4 (20.0) |
11. Mixed vaccine kept between + 2 °C and + 25 °C and used within 6 h | |
 No | 1 (5.0) |
 Yes | 15 (75.0) |
 Not observed | 4 (20.0) |