A time-motion study of the COVID-19 vaccination process in an urban primary health center of Odisha, India

A time-motion study of the COVID-19 vaccination process in an urban primary health center of Odisha, India

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Vaccination is a critical tool in protecting against COVID-19.It is essential to know the time for each activity in a COVID-19 vaccination process for better management, especially during a pandemic.Thus, Lint Filter we conducted a time-motion study to identify activities that led to delayed/increased waiting time in an urban primary health center in Bhubaneswar, India.

We observed 196 COVID-19 vaccine beneficiaries over one month (June 2021) from when they arrived at the vaccination center until they left the center.A data collection form and a Stopwatch were used to estimate the time taken for various activities involved in COVID-19 vaccine delivery.The time taken was expressed in mean and median.

We also compared the time taken during the DISHWASH LIQUID first and second doses using the Mann-Whitney U test.The total mean time spent at the vaccination center was 40:56 ± 20:52 minutes.The activity that took the longest was ‘waiting time in queue before vaccination’, which was 34:22 ± 20:56 min constituting 82% of the total time.

The activity that took longer for the second dose than the first was the beneficiary verification in the Co-WIN portal with a median of 27 seconds and 36 seconds, respectively (p <.001).This study will help program managers formulate better strategies to improve the vaccination process making it more efficient.