title: [Transport and storage of privately purchased vaccines].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Describe the transport and storage of privately purchased vaccines.
  
  
  METHODS
  A descriptive cross-sectional observational study. We analysed all doses of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines, rotavirus and varicella acquired and administered between January-September 2009, in a Primary Care Health Centre (CAP) in an urban area.
  
  
  METHODS
  type of vaccine circuit used (circuit A: pharmacy-CAP, circuit B: pharmacy-home-CAP), time between purchase and administration, receipt of information, mode of transport and storage at home. Data collection by questionnaire. Statistical strategy: absolute and relative frequencies, Pearson Chi-square and Fisher exact statistics.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of a total sample of 148 doses, 115 (77.7%) were pneumococcal, 28 (18.9%), rotavirus and 5 (3.4%) varicella. Circuit A was used for 45.5% (67) of the doses administered and 54.7% (81) used circuit B. Circuit A vaccine took less than an hour between their acquisition and administration in 89.6% (60) of cases and those using Circuit B took longer than 7 days in 14.8% (12) cases. A total of 85.1% (111) of parents received information on transportation and storage of the vaccine. Refrigerated means of transport were not used for 85.1% (57) of Circuit A vaccines or for 93.8% (76) in B. The refrigerator door was used to store 59.3% (48) of the vaccines.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The pneumococcal vaccine was the most given. Circuit B is more commonly used. Most parents received information about the transportation and storage of vaccines, although more than half were transported non-refrigerated and kept in the refrigerator door.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Atención Primaria de Salud Amadeo Torner, Institut Català de la Salut, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain. sofiaberlanga@ub.edu
authors.forename: Sofía
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Berlanga-Fernández
authors.forename: Noelia
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: González-López
authors.forename: Roser
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mestres-Oller
authors.forename: Eva
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cujó-López
authors.forename: Núria
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Burrell-Riu
authors.forename: Núria
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Fabrellas Padrés
mesh_terms: D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004356:Drug Storage / Q000592:standards; D017149:Private Sector; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014186:Transportation / Q000592:standards*; D014612:Vaccines / Q000592:standards*
chemical_list: D014612:Vaccines