Abstract

VASCONCELOS, Kelly Cristina Encide de; ROCHA, Suelen Alves  and  AYRES, Jairo Aparecido. Evaluation of vaccination rooms in the primary health care network of the Municipality of Marília, State of São Paulo, Brazil, 2008-2009. Epidemiol. Serv. Saúde [online]. 2012, vol.21, n.1, pp.167-176. ISSN 1679-4974.  http://dx.doi.org/10.5123/S1679-49742012000100017.

OBJECTIVE: to evaluate the standardization of vaccination rooms in the Municipality of Marília, State of São Paulo, Brazil. METHODS: descriptive and exploratory study, realized in 2008-2009; the instrument used was the Supervision in Vaccination Rooms, of the Ministry of Health; variables analyzed were general aspects of the vaccination room, technical procedures, cold chain, information system, post-vaccination adverse events, special immunobiologicals, epidemiological surveillance and health education; the score achieved classifies the room (90.0-100.0% = ideal; 76.0-89.0% = good; 50.0-75.0% = fair; <50.0% = insufficient); overall index for each point was calculated as the average score of all rooms. RESULTS: technical procedures, information system, post-vaccination adverse events and special immunobiologicals were scored as ideal; cold chain, epidemiological surveillance and health education were scored as good; and to general aspects of the vaccination room, the evaluation was fair. CONCLUSION: general index for vaccination rooms in the municipality was considered ideal.

Keywords : immunization; immunization programs; health care services evaluation.

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