Evaluation of Covid-19 Vaccine Management in Indonesian Health Facilities: A Nationwide Cross-Sectional Study

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10.2991/978-94-6463-112-8_57How to use a DOI?

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cold chain management; Covid-19; health facilities

Abstract

The Indonesian government is vaccinating all Indonesians against Covid-19. Covid-19 vaccine required a cold chain system to maintain the recommended storage and distribution temperature range. The study was conducted to describe the compliance of the vaccine management in Indonesia with Guidelines for Vaccine Management in Health Service Facilities, Minister of Health Republic Indonesia Regulation No. 12 of 2017. It was adapted from the instruments of Effective Vaccine Management UNICEF. This descriptive study with a facility-based cross-sectional design, involves multistage sampling. It was carried out in two selected Puskesmas / Public Health Centers (PHCs) in every two (urban-rural) districts in each of twelve provinces, namely Aceh, South Sumatera, Jakarta, West Java, Banten, Yogyakarta, Central Kalimantan, Central Sulawesi, East Nusa Tenggara, Bali, North Maluku, and Papua. For a period of July to October 2021, 517 PHCs that support Covid-19 vaccination services filled out the Covid-19 vaccine self-administered questionnaire form. The study found that the proportion of PHCs was 98,1% applied temperature monitoring, 31,5% had adequate vaccine storage, 83,6% had a standard refrigerator, 97,8% had constant electricity, 93,4% had good stock management, 54,9% had thermometers in their storage equipment, 91,3% had vaccine carrier, 70,1% had a cold box for distribution, 75,9% had implemented vaccine management, and 93,0% had implemented SMILE (Sistem Monitoring Imunisasi dan Logistik Elektronik) information system. Several criteria that need special attention were storage and transport capacity, vaccine distribution, and vaccine management. This evaluation demonstrates more than half of PHCs need more storage capacity and infrastructure. Meanwhile, the majority of PHCs have implemented standard temperature control and stock management.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Mukhlissul Faatih
AU  - Yuyun Yuniar
AU  - Nita Prihatini
AU  - Andi L. Susyanty
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2023/03/01
TI  - Evaluation of Covid-19 Vaccine Management in Indonesian Health Facilities: A Nationwide Cross-Sectional Study
BT  - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference for Health Research – BRIN (ICHR 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 621
EP  - 629
SN  - 2468-5739
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-94-6463-112-8_57
DO  - 10.2991/978-94-6463-112-8_57
ID  - Faatih2023
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