Analysis on the scrap situation of COVID-19 vaccine in Suzhou city.

VernacularTitle:苏州市新型冠状病毒疫苗损耗情况分析
Author: Yang WANG ¹ ; Jia Qi XIAO ¹ ; Jun ZHANG ¹ ; Lin LUAN ¹ ; Ben Feng ZHENG ¹ ; Juan XU ¹ ; Na LIU ¹
Author Information

1. Suzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Infectious Disease Control and Prevention, Suzhou 215000, China.
Publication Type:Journal Article
MeSH: Humans; COVID-19 Vaccines; COVID-19/prevention & control*; Vaccination; Cities; Drug Packaging
From: Chinese Journal of Preventive Medicine 2022;56(10):1484-1486
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: To analyze the usage and loss of the COVID-19 vaccine in ten districts of Suzhou city from December 18, 2020 to April 30, 2021.The results showed the loss rate was 0.222‰ in Suzhou city. The loss rate of pre-filled packaging COVID-19 vaccine was higher than that of vial packaging. The loss rate of 40 packaging was the lowest in vial packaging. The loss rate of all kinds of COVID-19 vaccine in stable inoculation unit was the lowest. It is recommended to distribute 40 vial packaging COVID-19 vaccine for centralized vaccination to reduce the loss of COVID-19 vaccine.