Influenza vaccination for hospital Employees: A 3-year success-story of a flu-pod drive-thru at a Veterans affairs medical center

Lisa Bailey; Aikaterini Papamanoli; Monique Thorne; Florence Ford; Jacqueline IDL Dy; Chaitanya Chevireddy; George Psevdos

doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2022.07.022

Influenza vaccination for hospital Employees: A 3-year success-story of a flu-pod drive-thru at a Veterans affairs medical center

Lisa Bailey
, Aikaterini Papamanoli
, Monique Thorne
, Florence Ford
, Jacqueline IDL Dy
, Chaitanya Chevireddy
, George Psevdos

Infectious Diseases

VA Medical Center

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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 2 influenza seasons throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Over the past 3 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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	346-348
Number of pages	3
Journal	American Journal of Infection Control
Volume	51
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2022.07.022
State	Published - Mar 2023

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Drive through
Flu vaccine
Healthcare employees
Point of distribution

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