Application of Lot Quality Technique for Immunization Coverage and Quality Assessment Undavalli VK1,*, Narni H2, Muthe A3, Ponnaganti SC4, Jonnalagadda RK5 1Assistant Professor, Department of Community Medicine, Dr. Pinnamaneni Siddhartha Institute of Medical Sciences & Research Foundation, Andhra Pradesh, India 2Lecturer in Statistics, Department of Community Medicine, Dr. Pinnamaneni Siddhartha Institute of Medical Sciences & Research Foundation, Andhra Pradesh, India 3Professor, Department of Community Medicine, Dr. Pinnamaneni Siddhartha Institute of Medical Sciences & Research Foundation, Andhra Pradesh, India 4Post graduate Student, Department of Community Medicine, Dr. Pinnamaneni Siddhartha Institute of Medical Sciences & Research Foundation, Andhra Pradesh, India 5Professor & HOD, Department of Community Medicine, Dr. Pinnamaneni Siddhartha Institute of Medical Sciences & Research Foundation, Andhra Pradesh, India *Corresponding author: Dr. Vamsi Krishna Undavalli, Assistant Professor, Department of Community Medicine, Dr. Pinnamaneni SIMS&RF, Chinna Avutapalli (Post) Gannavaram (Mandal), Krishna district, Andhra Pradesh-521286. Email: undavallivamsi@gmail.com Cell: 9966149148
Online published on 18 July, 2017. Abstract Background India's universal immunization programme is the world's largest. It caters to 27 million infants, 30 million pregnant women and 9 million routine immunization sessions organized annually. 4, 00, 000 children were saved every year. Still out of 27 million children born every year, 7.2 million children miss out basic vaccines that could mean the difference between life and death. If vaccination programs do not reach these children, they are also unlikely to receive other needed health services. Objectives To estimate the immunization coverage, quality of services and to know the reasons for partial/un-immunization by using lot quality technique. Material and Methods It was a community based cross-sectional study conducted in 9 villages under the rural field practice area of DR.PSIMS&RF, which caters its services to 31, 420 people. Using LQT 279 children in the age group of 12 to 23 months were selected for study. The study was done for a period of 6 months from November 2014 to April 2015. Data was entered and analyzed using SPSS version 19.0. Results Data shows that more children meet the fully immunized criteria than the quality criteria. The performance of the lots was considered good and all lots were accepted. Top Keywords Lot Quality Technique, Immunization Coverage, Quality Assessment. Top |