KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PRACTICES OF HEALTH WORKERS TOWARDS COLD CHAIN MANAGEMENT AT WAKISO HEALTH CENTER IV, WAKISO DISTRICT,A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY.
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https://doi.org/10.51168/9j5kpw62Keywords:
Cold chain, Vaccine, Shakes testAbstract
Purpose of the study
The purpose of the study was to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practices of health workers towards cold chain management at Wakiso Health Center IV, Wakiso district.
Methodology
The study employed a cross-sectional descriptive study design and a simple random sampling technique. Data was collected from a sample of 50 respondents using a semi-structured questionnaire and analyzed manually and entered in a computer using Microsoft Excel program to generate tables, pie charts, and graphs.
Results
The results on the knowledge of health workers towards cold chain management revealed that 90% knew the correct definition of cold chain, 70% knew the recommended temperature range for vaccine storage and 70% had ever been trained on cold chain.
Regarding the attitudes all 50(100%) had the correct reason for temperature monitoring, the majority (70%) didn’t think it was tiresome to fill temperature charts and more than half (60%) didn’t think it tiresome to pack vaccines in their right position in the vaccine carrier.
Results on practices revealed that most (40%) always performed the shakes test, 40% could place light-sensitive vaccines in the correct position, and all (100%) respondents worked under supervision. and the identified breaches in areas of practice were in temperature maintenance during transportation (42%), poor working conditions of cold chain equipment(28%), and inconsistency of health workers (10%).
Conclusion
The study concluded that generally according to the findings, the majority of the respondents had high knowledge of cold chain management, and a positive attitude however fair practices.
Recommendations
The Ministry of Health to set more policies governing cold chain management, and the government to ensure the upgrade of cold chain to the latest technology present and ensure sufficient resource mobilization. Wakiso Health Center IV should increase training and retraining sessions on cold chains to bridge knowledge gaps.
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