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Editor, Senior Moderator
Am J Infect Control
. 2022 Jul 29;S0196-6553(22)00578-8.
doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2022.07.022. Online ahead of print.
Influenza Vaccination for Hospital Employees: A 3-year Success-Story of a Flu-Pod Drive-Thru at a Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Lisa Bailey[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Aikaterini Papamanoli[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Monique Thorne[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Florence Ford[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Jacqueline Idl Dy[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Chaitanya Chevireddy[SUP] 3 [/SUP], George Psevdos[SUP] 4 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommends all healthcare practitioners and hospital staff receive an annual influenza vaccination. Many challenges were noted in achieving this goal; especially during the last two influenza seasons throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Over the past three years our institution has implemented a Drive-Thru fixed Point of Distribution (POD) event for this purpose. Drive-Thru PODs can be a safe and effective strategy for employee vaccination during a pandemic.
Keywords: Drive-Thru; Flu-POD; healthcare employees; influenza vaccination.
. 2022 Jul 29;S0196-6553(22)00578-8.
doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2022.07.022. Online ahead of print.
Influenza Vaccination for Hospital Employees: A 3-year Success-Story of a Flu-Pod Drive-Thru at a Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Lisa Bailey[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Aikaterini Papamanoli[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Monique Thorne[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Florence Ford[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Jacqueline Idl Dy[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Chaitanya Chevireddy[SUP] 3 [/SUP], George Psevdos[SUP] 4 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 35914581
- DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2022.07.022
Abstract
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommends all healthcare practitioners and hospital staff receive an annual influenza vaccination. Many challenges were noted in achieving this goal; especially during the last two influenza seasons throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Over the past three years our institution has implemented a Drive-Thru fixed Point of Distribution (POD) event for this purpose. Drive-Thru PODs can be a safe and effective strategy for employee vaccination during a pandemic.
Keywords: Drive-Thru; Flu-POD; healthcare employees; influenza vaccination.