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Table 2 Timeliness of vaccine uptake for specific vaccines at the KATH MCH clinic, 2012

From: Timeliness of childhood vaccine uptake among children attending a tertiary health service facility-based immunisation clinic in Ghana

Vaccine

Timeliness of receipt of vaccine

Too early

On time

Acceptably early

Delayed

No.

%

No.

%

No.

%

No.

%

BCG*

N/A

N/A

230

88.9

12

4.6

17

6.6

OPV 0

N/A

N/A

229

95.8

10

4.2

0

0

OPV/DPT/HiB/HepB 1

6

2.3

232

89.6

14

5.4

7

2.7

OPV/DPT/HiB/HepB 2

6

2.5

205

86.5

17

7.2

9

3.8

OPV/DPT/HiB/HepB 3

4

1.9

176

83.1

16

7.5

16

7.5

Measles/Yellow fever

3

3.1

49

50.5

29

29.9

16

16.5

  1. *BCG- Bacille Calmette-Guerin; N/A: not applicable; OPV- Oral Polio Vaccine; DPT- Diphtheria, Pertussis and Tetanus; HepB- Hepatitis B.