Diagnosis of vaccination rooms in Brazilian primary health care centers taking part in the PlanificaSUS project, 2019

Abstract

Objective: To describe the diagnosis of vaccination rooms in primary healthcare centers in Brazil. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study with secondary data of convenience sampling comprised of 25 rooms. Results of a checklist adapted from the Vaccine Room Supervision Tool of the National Immunization Program in 2019 regarding the dimensions 'general organization', 'general aspects', 'technical procedures', 'cold chain', 'information system', 'adverse events following vaccination', 'special immunobiological agents', 'epidemiological surveillance' and 'health education', were used. Percentages of scores, both overall and by dimensions were described in median, interquartile range, minimum and maximum values. Results: The overall median was 77.1%, higher for 'health education' (100.0%) and 'cold chain' (86.7%), and lower for 'special immunobiological agents' (50.0%) and 'general organization' (58.3%). Conclusion: Using the checklist enabled the diagnosis in different macro-regions, inter-and intra-regional differences were found in the dimensions, and positive results and opportunities for improvement in the general plan.