Evaluation of immunization rooms in a capital in northeast Brazil

Abstract

The evaluation by the National Program of the different quality rooms of the determined protocols (PNI) makes an assessment of the various factors that can interfere with the local asymbiological vaccine. With this, it is possible to obtain satisfactory results and to reorder the execution and offer of quality services. The present study aimed to evaluate the immunization rooms in the city of São Luís, Maranhão. This is an evaluative study carried out in 65 Municipal Vaccine rooms, carried out in São Paulo, in a Supervision Room (PAISSV). Most rooms were considered good (58.6%), but none were ideal. The most impacting were found in the room temperature that was not between 18ºC to 20ºC (67.69%), data and opening time of the bottle were not recorded (75.38%), control cards were not organized by return data (70.77%), the search for counterfeiters was not carried out (60.00%), there was no distribution box so as not to turn off the circuit breaker in the electrical search room (78.46%) and there was no active a preventive maintenance and/or correction program for the refrigerator (64.62%). Public vaccination rooms in São Luís were performed as good. Thus, it is necessary to supervise, monitor and evaluate professionals, with permanent education strategies.