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Table 1 Description of vaccine stores and cold chain devices included for temperature monitoring

From: Temperature integrity and exposure of vaccines to suboptimal temperatures in cold chain devices at different levels in three states of India

Level/Devices

States

Total

Bihar

Gujarat

Kerala

Level of stores

State VS

1

0

0

1

Division VS

7

6

3

16

District VS

10

9

5

24

CHC/PHC

76

49

30

155

Total

94

64

36

196

Type of cold chain devices

WIC

10

6

4

20

ILR

95a

61

38

189

Refrigerator

1

0

0

1

Cold box

3

0

0

3

Total

109

67

42

218

  1. VS Vaccine store, CHC Community health centre, PHC Primary health centre, ILR Ice lined refrigerator, WIC Walk-in cooler, Refrigerator Domestic refrigerator
  2. aRecordings from 5 ILRs (from 3 PHCs and 2 District vaccine stores) were less than 7 complete days and excluded from analysis