The Pattern of Vaccine Storage at Teritory Hospital in Padang City

摘要

Teritory Hospital is one of the public services that is close to society and has a purpose to improve public health. Immunization through a vaccines is one of the services tha served by Teritory Hospital. Vaccine is very sensitive and it must be handled with care and need supervision in storaging. This reasearch was purposed to know the type of vaccine’s storage unit, temperature condition, and condition for safekeeping. This research used qualitative method (description type) with observation technique by giving observation form in 22 Teritory Hospital in Padang city based on WHO, CDC, and Indonesian’s Health Ministry vaccine storage guidelines. The result showed, first most of Teritory Hospital in Padang city already had complied the vaccine storage unit based on the guidelines. Second, most of Teritory Hospital in Padang city already had complied the storage temperature condition based on the guidelines. Third, most of the Teritory Hospital in Padang city already had complied the condition of storaging based on the guidelines. Most of the Teritory Hospital in Padang city already had complied vaccine storage unit, temperature condition, and the condition of storaging based on the guidelines.