Vaccine Wastage Assessment After Introduction of Open Vial Policy in Surat Municipal Corporation Area of India

• Main Authors: Prakash B. Patel (Author), Jayesh J. Rana (Author), Sunil G. Jangid (Author), Neha R. Bavarva (Author), Manan J. Patel (Author), Raj Kumar Bansal (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Kerman University of Medical Sciences, 2016-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background As per the vaccine management policy of the Government of India all vaccine vials opened for an immunization session were discarded at the end of that session, irrespective of the type of vaccine or the number of doses remaining in the vial prior to 2013. Subsequently, open vial policy (O...