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

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

doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2022.07.022

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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).…”

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Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Influenza Vaccination Coverage of Healthcare Personnel in Alicante, Spain

Guerrero-Soler,

Gras-Valenti,

Platas-Abenza

et al. 2024

Vaccines

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Influenza is a health problem and vaccination is the most effective measure to prevent it. The objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on vaccination coverage (VC) against influenza in healthcare workers (HCWs). A cross-sectional study was conducted at the Dr. Balmis University General Hospital in the province of Alicante (Spain), in which vaccination data were collected retrospectively. Adverse effects (AEs) were detected via telephone call between 15 and 30 days after vaccination. The existence of significant changes in VC between the different seasons studied was evaluated using Chi square with a statistical significance level of p < 0.05. A total of 8403 HCWs vaccinated throughout the different seasons were studied. The vaccination coverage of HCWs for influenza pre-COVID-19 pandemic (2019/20 season) was 51.9%; increased during the pandemic to 67.9% (2020/21 season) and 65.5% (2021/22 season); and, after the pandemic, it decreased to 42.7% (2022/23 season) (p < 0.05). The most frequent reason for vaccination during the periods evaluated was “self-protection”, followed by “protection of patients” and “protection of family members”. Of all HCWs evaluated, 26.6% (1460/5493) reported at least one AE. During the COVID-19 pandemic, HCWs’ influenza vaccination coverage fluctuated considerably. There has been an increase in VC during the most critical moments of the pandemic, both in the 2020/21 and 2021/22 seasons, which has, subsequently, decreased in the 2022/2023 season, to levels below pre-pandemic (2019/2020 season), which justifies implementing specific measures to recover VC in Spain.

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Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Influenza Vaccination Coverage of Healthcare Personnel in Alicante, Spain

Guerrero-Soler,

Gras-Valenti,

Platas-Abenza

et al. 2024

Vaccines

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“…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.…”

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“…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.…”

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A Quality Improvement Initiative to Transform Seasonal Immunization Processes Using Learning from the Coronavirus 2019 Pandemic

Robinette,

Nelly,

Engler

et al. 2024

Pediatric Quality &Amp; Safety

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Background: Surge demands for annual influenza vaccines challenge healthcare systems. Mass immunizations differ from the traditional care model. The coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic challenged current care models with amplified demand and infection risks while challenging the organization to create new and improve existing processes. Methods: Using the Model for Improvement, the team set out to (1) safely meet a surge in vaccination demand and (2) adopt pandemic-driven innovations into routine immunization practice. Results: This free-standing pediatric system delivered 87,000 COVID-19 vaccines (~1.3% state total). It administered over 50% of COVID-19 vaccines using new mass immunization processes, including 37,000 adult vaccines before pediatric authorization. In the 2021–2022 influenza season, it used the new or improved immunization processes to deliver 22% of influenza vaccines. Conclusions: Pandemic-driven adaptation for the COVID-19 vaccine substantially increased the efficiency of influenza vaccination processes but did not result in a clear increase in influenza vaccine administration rates.

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Vacinação pelo sistema drive thru durante a pandemia COVID-19: revisão integrativa

Oliveira,

Carneiro,

Andolhe

2024

Acta paul. enferm.

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Resumo Objetivo Analisar como ocorreu o processo de vacinação pelo sistema drive-thru durante a pandemia COVID-19 no contexto global. Métodos Esta foi uma revisão integrativa da literatura, realizada em fevereiro de 2023 na plataforma Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO), no Portal Eletrônico Biblioteca Virtual da Saúde (BVS) e nas bases de dados Medline/Pubmed, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), SciVerse Scopus e Web of Science. A estratégia de busca combinou palavras-chave, descritores em ciências da saúde e operadores booleanos. Foi adotada a revisão dupla independente com um terceiro revisor para consenso. As publicações foram organizadas em um quadro sinóptico e classificadas conforme a tríade estrutura-processo-resultado, proposta por Donabedian. Resultados Foram encontradas 331 publicações; oito delas atenderam aos critérios pré-definidos. A categoria estrutura descreve a estrutura do modelo drive com diversos arranjos. A categoria processo, apresenta semelhanças e diferenças entre estudos brasileiros e norte-americanos. De forma geral, a categoria resultado aponta que a vacinação pelo sistema drive-thru é efetiva, embora sobrecarga de trabalho e esgotamento profissional sejam também citados. Conclusão A vacinação por drive-thru foi uma estratégia bem-sucedida durante a pandemia COVID-19 pois possibilitou manter as medidas sanitárias de segurança além de proporcionar vacinação em massa em curto tempo. Porém, é necessário aperfeiçoar tal sistema para uso nas ações de saúde, para melhor entender quais são os melhores esquemas de execução, capacitação profissional e possibilidades de estruturas adequadas para o sucesso dessas ações.

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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

Cited by 4 publications

References 5 publications

Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Influenza Vaccination Coverage of Healthcare Personnel in Alicante, Spain

Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Influenza Vaccination Coverage of Healthcare Personnel in Alicante, Spain

A Quality Improvement Initiative to Transform Seasonal Immunization Processes Using Learning from the Coronavirus 2019 Pandemic

Vacinação pelo sistema drive thru durante a pandemia COVID-19: revisão integrativa

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