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. 2008 May 6;86(6):429–434. doi: 10.2471/BLT.07.045161

Table 3. Vaccine doses administered and vaccine wastage rates, Bavi district, 2005.

Vaccine Doses
 supplied Doses administered Wastage 
ratea (%)
BCG 8 780 5 942 32.3
DPT 18 480 14 889 19.4
TT 18 480 14 222 23.0
Measles 7 180 5 942 17.2
OPV 18 660 14 889 20.2
Hepatitis B 15 543 13 902 10.6
Japanese encephalitis 15 000 13 278 11.5
Total 102 123 83 064 18.7

Fully vaccinated infants (traditional vaccines) 4 694
Infants given 3 doses of hepatitis B vaccine 4 634
Children under five years given 3 doses of Japanese encephalitis vaccine 4 426
Pregnant women given 2 doses of TT vaccine 4 913

BCG, bacille Calmette–Guérin; DPT, diphtheria–pertussis–tetanus; OPV, oral polio vaccine; TT, tetanus toxoid.
a Vaccine wastage rate = [(doses supplied – doses administered) / doses supplied] × 100.