From: Evaluation of vaccine storage and distribution practices in rural healthcare facilities in Kenya
Characteristics | Status | Number (n = 122) | Percentage (%) |
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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 |