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Jurnal Berkala
EPIDEMIOLOGI
PERIODIC EPIDEMIOLOGY JOURNAL
ORIGINAL RESEARCH
95 91
immunity to certain diseases. The role of 87
90 85
immunization is to achieve individual protection as
well as a level of protection against the 85
surrounding environment known as herd 80
immunity. The measure of Universal Child 75
Immunization (UCI) is used as the indicator for a 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
successful immunization program. Achievement of
UCI requires immunization coverage of children Village of UCIYear Coverage of UCI
aged 0–11 months nationally. The World Health Figure 1. The UCI trend of villages in Surabaya
Organization sets the indicators of UCI at 90% at 2014–2018
the national level and 80% at the regional level. A
decrease in vaccine-preventable disease cases In 2018, complete basic immunization in
should be continuous with a village’s UCI Surabaya reached the level of 97.74%, surpassing
achievements. The decrease is significant if the the 2018 strategic plan target of 92.50%.
achievement rate of complete basic immunization According to public health center (PHC) data,
before the age of one year is evenly and there were 62 public health centers (88.89%) that
continuously higher than 85% in a village area achieved the strategy plan target of Ministry of
(Ministry of Health RI, 2017).
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Health RI (Figure 2) (Surabaya Health Office, There are several factors that can cause
2019). children who have been immunized to still
Vaccine-preventable diseases such as contract one of the vaccine-preventable diseases.
diphtheria and measles are a type of "re-emerging One of these concerns the quality of the cold chain
disease" in Surabaya. The Surabaya city and invalid doses of immunization; therefore, it is
government has made various efforts for the crucial to monitor the cold chain at health centers
provision of immunizations to infants up to 18 (Ningtyas & Wibowo, 2015).
months old, with doses repeated at elementary Vaccines are substances that can be easily
school age. This program is being implemented damaged by exposure to cold and hot
because diphtheria and measles are diseases that temperatures; therefore, it is necessary to maintain
can be prevented through immunization (Surabaya and manage the vaccine doses. Factors that need to
Health Office, 2019). be considered in keeping vaccines in safe
conditions are covered by implementing vaccine
97,40 cold chain management. Previous research has
Coverage of IDL %
60 METHODS
40
20 This study was conducted as descriptive
0 research with a cross-sectional research design.
The population for this study consisted of 63 PHC
2014 20152016 2017 2018
in the research location of Surabaya. The inclusion
Years criterion for the study was the implementation of
Coverage of UCI Diptheria case
cold chain management at public health centers’
health service facilities. Cold chain management
Figure 3. UCI targets and numbers of diphtheria
data from health service facilities in
cases
hospitals/clinics/doctors' practices were excluded
from the study. The basis for selecting variables
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was a questionnaire adopted from a study entitled Availability of Cold Chain Equipment
“Independent Evaluation of Measles Rubella (MR) All public health centers in Surabaya are
Immunization Coverage in East Java Province, equipped with cold chain apparatus (100%) (Table
Indonesia 2017.” The operational definitions of the 2). The results of the observation conducted in
studied variables were human resources, Gudang Farmasi Kesehatan (GFK) in Surabaya
availability of tools, and reporting cold chain show that all the public health centers in Surabaya
administration. The human resource variables had distributed the vaccines properly (100%)
studied were the levels of education and training (Table 2).
that had been received by cold chain management
officers at the public health centers. The Table 1
instrument availability variables were the presence Characteristics of Human Resources
and use of cold chain equipment, including Characteristics N %
vaccine refrigerators, vaccine carriers, cool packs, Education
freeze tags, and thermometers, with categorization Medical 62 98.40
using scores (1 for existing and functioning, and 0 Non-Medical 1 1.60
for no functioning equipment). The administrative Received Training
reporting variables were completeness and Yes 63 100.00
accuracy in cold chain reporting. The data No 0 0.00
collected related to cold chain management in Total 63 100.00
Surabaya were secondary data based on responses
to the same questionnaire mentioned above, Secondary results were taken from the reports
combined with primary data obtained from on cold chain equipment and from interviews with
observations and interviews with an informant: a relevant staff members. All of the health centers
section chief and charge person of surveillance and were supposedly equipped with cold chain
immunization programs. The data collection apparatus. Based on annual data from the
techniques applied included document studies and Surveillance and Immunization section of the
in-depth interviews. The data obtained were Surabaya Health Department, the cold chain
descriptively analyzed using univariable analysis equipment was in good condition and had been
techniques and presented in tabular form. A letter calibrated. However, observations showed that as
of ethical eligibility was received for this study much as 13% of the refrigerator vaccine stock was
from the Faculty of Dentistry, Universitas in poor condition, with problems including
Airlangga (No. 530 / HRECC.FODM / VII / 2019; vaccines being watery (2%) and high temperatures
dated July 30, 2019). (11%). Almost all PHC had freeze tags, but their
use was not optimized; for example, one still used
RESULTS a muller, five log tags were missing, one log tag
had not been activated, two log tags had expired in
Description of Cold Chain Management 2017, and 1 freeze tag was dead (Table 2).
Human Resources
Cold chain management personnel are people Accuracy and completeness of reports at the
who have a medical education background and health centers
have received training related to immunization. Secondary data results from the health
These management staff can comprise midwives, information system (SIK) of Surabaya Health
nurses, and doctors who have knowledge about Office regarding the noting and reporting of
immunization. Data obtained from 63 health vaccine logistics consisted of vaccine requests,
centers showed that 62 cold chain management refrigerator temperature reports, and vaccine vial
officers had a medical education background monitor (VVM) conditions in the temperature
(midwife and nurse) (98.40%) and one had a non- recording system. The completeness of reporting
medical background (trained at the Health School was based on the suitability of the reports logged
[vocational high school]). All 63 officers who at the Surabaya Health Office. The percentage of
administered cold chain procedures had received completeness of reports reached 93.51%, which
training on immunization. This was conducted by indicates that almost all working areas of the
the Surabaya City Health Office in May 2019 by Surabaya Health Office were already achieving
inviting all officers related to the immunization complete reporting. In terms of accuracy, the
program (100%) (Table 1). reports were reported maximum the fifth day of
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every month. The accuracy here is not matched by immunization program and the post-immunization
the completeness of the reporting, because the follow-up event as well as cold chain management
reported percentage which is 71.52% is still far officers at the health center level.
below the target of at least 80%. The accuracy and Our findings also show that 98.40% of the
reporting findings were obtained from secondary officers in our sample had obtained a health
data on the Local Area Monitoring (LAM) form in diploma. This is in accordance with Ministry of
the Surabaya Health Information System from Health RI (2017) guidance, which states that cold
January to July 2019 (Table 2). chain management staff must be individuals with
knowledge regarding immunization programs that
Table 2 are in accordance with their competencies as
Distribution of Cold Chain Management doctors, midwives, or nurses. This is also in
Implementation accordance with research conducted by Dinengsih
Cold Chain N % & Hendriyani (2018), which shows that
Tools Availability individuals with a higher level of education are
Vaccine Refrigerator 63 100.00 more able to receive and process information.
Vaccine Carrier 63 100.00 All the staff members in the 63 public health
Cool Pack 63 100.00 centers had received training related to the
Safety Box 63 100.00 immunization program. According to Susyanty,
ADS 63 100.00 Sasanti, Syaripuddin, & Yuniar (2014), training is
Thermometer 63 100.00 especially important for field officers to ensure
Freeze Tag 63 100.00 that they all have competence in immunization
Temperature Card 63 100.00 services. This is a very useful way to support the
Vaccine Distribution quality of service officers. Research conducted by
Transporting with Cold 63 100.00 Ogboghodo, Omuemu, Odijie, & Odaman (2017)
Box also shows the importance of training to improve
Presence of Cool Pack in 63 100.00 immunization programs. Staff members are the
Vaccine Carrier or Cold spearhead in carrying out the vaccine chain
Box process. Without competent staff, even the best
Routine inspection of 63 100.00 facilities and systems will not be effective;
VVM condition therefore, investing in staff members in the form
Application of FIFO 63 100.00 of job training is a shared need and obligation
Method between the central and regional governments
Date Written on the 63 100.00 (Selviani, 2016).
Remaining Vaccines
High-Quality Equipment Condition of the Cold Chain
Calibration 63 100.00 According to the Regulation of the Minister
Vaccine Refrigerator 55 87.00 of Health of the Republic of Indonesia number 12
Vaccine Carrier 63 100.00 of 2017 concerning the implementation of
Cool Pack 63 100.00 immunization, the availability of tools refers to the
Thermometer 63 100.00 availability of vaccine refrigerators, vaccine
Recording and Reporting carriers, cool packs, safety boxes, ADS,
Completeness 59 93.51 thermometers, and temperature monitoring cards
Accuracy 45 71.42 (Ministry of Health RI, 2017).
According to research conducted by Helmi,
DISCUSSION Saraswati, Kusariana, & Udijono (2019)
concerning vaccine protection to ensure that it
Characteristics of Human Resources remains in a stable condition, at the administrative
The results of this research show that all level, cold chain resources need to include cold
health centers in Surabaya already have cold chain rooms, vaccine refrigerators, and freezers, and
management staff. This is in accordance with other facilities must be available at the district or
Ministry of Health RI (2017) guidance concerning city level. Our results show that the facilities and
the provision of personnel in the implementation infrastructure in the health centers in our sample
of the immunization program, which requires a were in accordance with applicable regulations.
minimum of one person managing the Vaccine distribution is the process of
distributing vaccines to health services using
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vaccine cold chain management. This process is refrigerator not being specifically for storing
carried out using a cold box (a vaccine carrier vaccines, no thermometer being available, and
containing a cool pack), and it involves checking vaccines being stored incorrectly.
the condition of the VVM and applying the first- All the health centers in Surabaya already had
in-first-out method in issuing the vaccine, as well freeze tags/log tags, but there were still some non-
as checking expiration dates for the remaining functioning tools such as log tags that were not
vaccine (Ministry of Health RI, 2017). activated, two log tags that often returned errors,
The distribution is carried out by the and one freeze tags that could not be used. This is
Surabaya Health Department to the public health in line with research conducted by Kairul,
center level. This is carried out by the health center Udiyono, & Saraswati (2016), who did not find
staff picking it up as needed and transporting the freeze tags in several puskesmas in Sorolangin.
cold chain equipment. This is in accordance with Similar conditions were also found in research
research conducted by Medisa & Nugraheni conducted by Sambara, Yuliani, Lenggu, & Ceme
(2017), which shows that the quality and (2017), who reported that cold chain facilities
effectiveness of vaccines can be maintained by including the ability to monitor storage
delivering/transporting them with cold chain temperature and vaccine conditions were not yet
equipment. This is further supported by research fully available at the Oepoi health center in
conducted by Lumentut, Pelealu, & Wullur (2015). Kupang.
Vaccine management and the inventory system for Cold chain vaccine management must be
vaccine collection is carried out directly by carried out properly for basic immunizations.
district/city health service officers in the health Appropriate management can start from the health
pharmaceutical warehouse of the Provincial Health department to the health center. Hanson, George,
Department. At the public health center level, the Sawadogo, & Schreiber (2017) also highlight that
distribution of vaccines is also carried out in line frozen vaccines are often found in cold chain
with the district/city processes, i.e., the health management; therefore, facilities, infrastructure,
center staff collect vaccines from the district/city and professional personnel are needed to prevent
health office. Research conducted by Fauza, vaccine damage. Assessment of cold chain
Firdawati, & Rasyid (2019) showed that 73.80% conditions should be combined with EVM to
of their research objects had implemented cold determine the condition of the cold chain based on
chain management well in health facilities. a scoring system. In Bhatnagar et al (2018) study,
Vaccine damage during the transportation they found that no cold chain fulfilled an EVM
process can be caused by exposure to freezing score of 80%. This was due to the incompleteness
temperatures, by exposure to hot temperatures, and of equipment, the conditions of the buildings and
by exposure to direct sunlight. This is highlighted the equipment, and the disposal of waste not being
by research conducted by Yakum, Ateudjieu, carried out properly.
Walter, & Watcho (2015) in Cameroon, with
findings showing that around 28.27% of health Accuracy and completeness of the equipment at
facilities did not store vaccines according to the the health centers
required procedures. The majority of health centers in Surabaya
Our findings indicate that 13% of vaccine had reported correctly and completely (80%).
refrigerators in Surabaya health centers were not According to Kareth, Purnami, & Sriatmi (2015),
of a suitable quality in accordance with the the registration of immunization is carried out by
regulations. This can cause various problems such village midwifes, while the reporting is carried out
as the vaccine refrigerators easily leaks, and their by each unit delivering immunization activities,
temperature can rise easily. This is in accordance starting from the health center, hospital, or other
with research conducted by Helmi, Saraswati, health facilities, through to the program manager
Kusariana, & Udijono (2019) regarding the quality at the appropriate administrative level. Reporting
of vaccine management in the city of Semarang, from the health center level to the district is
which found poor-quality vaccine management in completed no later than the 5th of the following
84 private healthcare (60.90%), refrigerator month.
temperatures above 8ºC (52.30%), frozen vaccines The implementation of cold chain
in 15 private healthcare (10.90%), and expired management in Surabaya is generally good, but
vaccines in 6 private healthcare (4.50%). Risk there are still some obstacles, including the
factors that affect the quality of vaccine accuracy and completeness of the reporting. It can
management include the function of the be assumed that, if the cold chain management in
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