Cold chain management: An assessment of knowledge and attitude of health workers in primary health-care facilities in Edo State Nigeria

Abstract

Background: The use of vaccination to prevent diseases is the greatest public health success of the last century. Due to the sensitive and labile nature of vaccines, appropriate measures need to be put in place to ensure that vaccines remain potent from point of manufacture to administration. Adequate knowledge of cold chain management by health workers is necessary to manage vaccines appropriately and efficiently to ensure the vaccines remain potent. Objective: The objective of this study is to assess the knowledge and attitude toward cold chain management among health workers in primary health-care (PHC) facilities in Benin City, Edo State. Materials and Methods: This was a descriptive, cross-sectional study among health workers working in PHC facilities offering immunization services in Benin City. The participants were selected using multistage sampling technique. Data were collected using pretested structured self-administered questionnaires and data analysis was by IBM SPSS (IBM Corp, Armonk, New York, United States) version 21.0. The level of significance was set at P