PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Natasha Kanagat
AU  - Kirstin Krudwig
AU  - Karen A. Wilkins
AU  - Sydney Kaweme
AU  - Guissimon Phiri
AU  - Frances D. Mwansa
AU  - Mercy Mvundura
AU  - Joanie Robertson
AU  - Debra Kristensen
AU  - Abdoulaye Gueye
AU  - Sang D. Dao
AU  - Pham Q. Thai
AU  - Huyen T. Nguyen
AU  - Thang C. Tran
TI  - Health Care Worker Preferences and Perspectives on Doses per Container for 2 Lyophilized Vaccines in Senegal, Vietnam, and Zambia
AID  - 10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00112
DP  - 2020 Oct 22
TA  - Global Health: Science and Practice
4099  - http://www.ghspjournal.org/content/early/2020/11/03/GHSP-D-20-00112.short
4100  - http://www.ghspjournal.org/content/early/2020/11/03/GHSP-D-20-00112.full
AB  - Key FindingsHealth care workers (HCWs) in all 3 countries preferred containers with fewer doses for reconstituted vaccines such as BCG and measles-containing vaccine.HCWs believed that containers with fewer doses of these vaccines could reduce wastage and missed vaccination opportunities.HCWs were more willing to open a vial for every eligible child when using containers with fewer doses.Key ImplicationsPolicy makers should consider HCW perspectives when deliberating a change in policy on vial size since HCWs have to balance concerns about open vial wastage with the guidance to open a vial to vaccinate every eligible child.Program managers should consider shifting to containers with fewer doses for vaccines without preservatives to assuage HCW concerns about opening vials for every eligible child while managing wastage.Résumé en français à la fin de l'article.