Customizing immunization clinic operations to minimize open vial waste
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- 作者：Maryam H. Mofrad1 ; mah249@pitt.edu" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding authorAuthor Vitae ; Gian-Gabriel P. Garcia1 ; garciagg@umich.edu" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding authorAuthor Vitae ; Lisa M. Maillart ; 1 ; maillart@pitt.edu" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding authorAuthor Vitae ; Bryan A. Norman1 ; banorman@pitt.edu" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding authorAuthor Vitae ; Jayant Rajgopal1 ; rajgopal@pitt.edu" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding authorAuthor Vitae
- 关键词：Multi-dose vial ; Vaccine administration policy ; Open vial waste ; Vaccine coverage
- 刊名：Socio-Economic Planning Sciences
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：June 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：54
- 期：Complete
- 页码：1-17
- 全文大小：3730 K
文摘
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Vaccine clinics can reduce wastage by adjusting their hours of operation.
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Focus first on increasing guaranteed hours and second on session frequency.
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Coverage is sensitive to session frequency for large vial sizes.
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Appealing, easy to implement heuristics perform favorably even in the presence of random vial yield.
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Potential cost savings are large.