title: Weaknesses of vaccine storage in Primary Healthcare Centers.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  assessment through qualitative approach of vaccine storage in Primary Healthcare Centers.
  
  
  METHODS
  assessment study of qualitative approach in which 30 interviews were conducted with nurses, nursing technicians or assistants and technical reference in immunization, in 12 vaccine rooms that had 100% of the structural criteria evaluated. Recorded testimonials of the subjects were organized and analyzed using thematic Content Analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  the assessment pointed to absence of knowledge on the parts of nurses and nursing technicians and assistants with respect to the effects of low temperature on vaccines. Barriers were also encountered in relation to the supervision of nurses in the vaccine room activities and in relation to the knowledge needed by workers to care for preservation of vaccines.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  vaccine storage is inadequate and may compromise the quality of the immunobiologicals dispensed to the populace.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermagem, Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de São João Del Rei, Divinópolis, MG, Brasil.
authors.forename: Valéria Conceição
authors.initials: VC
authors.lastname: de Oliveira
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Cirugía, Faculdad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, España.
authors.forename: Maria Del Pilar Serrano
authors.initials: Mdel P
authors.lastname: Gallardo
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermagem, Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de São João Del Rei, Divinópolis, MG, Brasil.
authors.forename: Ricardo Bezerra
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Cavalcante
authors.affiliation: Departamento Materno Infantil e Saúde Pública, Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: Ricardo Alexandre
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Arcêncio
authors.affiliation: Departamento Materno Infantil e Saúde Pública, Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: Ione Carvalho
authors.initials: IC
authors.lastname: Pinto
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001938:Brazil; D004356:Drug Storage / Q000592:standards*; D005260:Female; D006268:Health Facilities; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009729:Nursing; D011320:Primary Health Care; D014612:Vaccines
chemical_list: D014612:Vaccines