Table 3 Health personnel Knowledge on vaccine and cold chain
Determinants | Yes (%) | No (%) | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|
Know the appropriate temperature limits required to conserve vaccines (2 to 8 °C) in the refrigerator at the health facility | 50 (68.5) | 23 (31.5) | 0.00 |
Knowledge of health personnel on antigens that are eligible for the four weeks open vile policy | Yes (%) | No (%) | |
Pentavalent (DPT-HepB + Hib) vaccine | 52 (71.2) | 21 (28.8) | 0.00 |
Anti-Tetanus vaccine | 61 (83.6) | 12 (16.4) | 0.00 |
Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV) | 42 (57.5) | 31 (42.5) | 0.21 |
All three antigens above (pentavalent, anti-tetanus and OPV) | 32 (43.8) | 41 (56.2) | 0.29 |
BCG vaccine | 12 (16.4) | 61 (83.6) | 0.00 |
Measles/Yellow Fever (VAA/VAR) | 17 (23.3) | 56 (76.7) | 0.00 |
Other antigens | 14 (19.2) | 59 (80.8) | 0.00 |
Knowledge of health personnel on vaccines that can be frozen without being damaged. | Yes (%) | No (%) | |
Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV) | 19 (26.0) | 54 (74.0) | 0.00 |
Measle Vaccine | 17 (23.3) | 56 (76.7) | 0.00 |
BCG | 12 (16.4) | 61 (83.6) | 0.00 |
All three antigens listed above (OPV, measles and BCG) | 3 (4.1) | 70 (95.9) | 0.00 |
Knowledge of personnel on Diseases under epidemiological surveillance targeted by the Expanded Program on Immunization | Yes (%) | No (%) | |
Yellow Fever | 59 (80.8) | 14 (19.2) | 0.00 |
Acute Flaccid Paralysis | 4 (5.5) | 69 (94.5) | 0.00 |
Measles | 66 (90.4) | 7 (9.6) | 0.00 |
Neonatal Tetanus | 57 (78.1) | 16 (21.3) | 0.00 |
All four mentioned above | 3 (4.1) | 70 (95.9) | 0.00 |