Goals/Scope
Lot management is being included in OpenLMIS v3.1, so the goal of this requirement page is to identify what vaccine-specific functionalities/features need to be added to support the vaccine module. The description of the 3.1 lot management requirement can be found here: Lot Management for Stock Management Service
Background
Vaccines vials can be separated from their original packaging, but many of them still contain their lot number (even if they no longer have their barcode). However, with a large number of vials that can come from multiple lots, it is not always the practice for facilities to log lot numbers of specific vials. In Mozambique, for instance, in case of a recall, the central level can disseminate the recall information to the facilities, and it is then up to the store room managers of the facilities to look through and find any vials from that recalled lot. It may often be the case that these vials from different lots are not recorded into the system with their lot information. In the Moz system it's not important for non-central users to add lot information into the system because they are not even tracking the lots of the vaccines that they receive from mixed-lot shipments.
Assumptions
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Open Questions
Below is a list of questions to be addressed as a result of this requirements document:
| # | Question | Outcome | Status |
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| 1 | For the vaccine system, should users other than the central level be allowed to add lots? Or does everything need to be centralized? Vidya Sampath | ||
| 2 | How often does 3rd party vaccine product come into a facility's stock? What is the preferred way for this outside stock to be entered in the system? Vidya Sampath | ||
| 3 | Is it more important for all the lot information to be tracked, or more important for the central level to have ultimate control? Vidya Sampath |