2023
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2022.07.022
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Influenza vaccination for hospital Employees: A 3-year success-story of a flu-pod drive-thru at a Veterans affairs medical center

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“…During the pandemic, several studies [5,22,[24][25][26][27][28][29] reported a similar increase in VC, with figures around 60-70%, which resemble the data obtained in our study during the 2020/21 and 2021/2022 seasons, at 67.9% and 65.5%, respectively. Nevertheless, the main finding of this study is the low VC for influenza observed in HCWs during the 2022/23 season (post-pandemic), at 42.7%, which is much lower than the pre-pandemic levels of 51.9% (2019/2020 season).…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 90%
“…During the pandemic, several studies [5,22,[24][25][26][27][28][29] reported a similar increase in VC, with figures around 60-70%, which resemble the data obtained in our study during the 2020/21 and 2021/2022 seasons, at 67.9% and 65.5%, respectively. Nevertheless, the main finding of this study is the low VC for influenza observed in HCWs during the 2022/23 season (post-pandemic), at 42.7%, which is much lower than the pre-pandemic levels of 51.9% (2019/2020 season).…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 90%
“…The team adapted COVID-19 vaccination strategies from national experience 7,8,10 and local, proactively designed PDSA cycles using influenza as a testbed. Community vaccination clinics, 7,8 public-housing vaccination clinics, 24 and corporate vaccine clinics 9,25 before and during the COVID-19 pandemic have all been well-described in the literature. The unique features of our program are (1) the application of these strategies to adult patients under the leadership of a pediatric health system and (2) the real-time use of influenza vaccinations to prototype COVID-19 vaccines during an active pandemic.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Historically, some organizations used large-scale, single-site clinics to meet sudden vaccine demand surges. 7,8 Others have previously studied drive-through clinics and found them to be feasible, 7,9 safe, 7 satisfying for patients, 9 efficient, 9 and cost-effective. 10 This also reduces the risk of droplet and aerosol transmission of COVID-19 11,12 because drive-through patients remain in their cars.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%