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Table 3 Cold chain infrastructure and adherence to a planned preventive maintenance

From: Evaluation of vaccine storage and distribution practices in rural healthcare facilities in Kenya

Characteristics

Status

Number (n = 122)

Percentage (%)

Compliance of vaccine refrigerator with WHO recommendation

Yes

100

81.97

No refrigerator

4

3.28

Functionality of refrigerators at the time of inspection

Functional

107

87.70

No refrigerators

4

3.28

Functional fridge-tags stored with vaccines in refrigerators

Functional

98

80.33

No refrigerators

3

2.46

Vaccine refrigerators maintaining a temperature range of + 2 to + 8

Maintains

99

81.15

No refrigerator

4

3.28

Vaccine freezers maintains a temperature range of − 15 to − 25

Yes

44

36.07

No freezer

36

29.51

Availability of voltage regulators on electrical refrigerators

Available

53

43.44

Availability of an equipment inventory list for cold chain equipment at the facility

Available

71

58.20

Availability of a routine maintenance plan or a preventive maintenance schedule for cold chain equipment at the facility

Available

58

47.54

Adequacy of contingency plans in case of an equipment failure

Adequate

83

68.03

Emergency contacts visibly posted on the vaccine store

Yes

57

46.72

Staff capacity to respond to excursions

Adequate

91

74.59

Cold chain equipment failure within the last 6 months

No

74

60.66

Length of time taken to repair the equipment failure

0-7 days

73

59.84

7–14 days

9

7.38

14–30 days

8

6.56

Over 1 month

32

26.23

Length of time refrigerators have been used

0–5 years

46

37.70

5–10 years

64

90.16

Over 10 years

12

9.84