The Adaptation of a Clinic-Adjacent Parking Garage for Drive-In COVID-19 Vaccination.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The distribution and vaccination of COVID-19 vaccines to billions of people worldwide will likely be one of the biggest public health undertakings in history. There has been a large focus on identifying processes to safely, efficiently, and effectively vaccinate large populations. We aimed to describe the development and operationalization of a drive-in COVID-19 vaccine site in a parking garage adjacent to outpatient clinics at University of Florida (UF) Health Physicians and how it was informed by the roll-out of SARS-CoV-2 testing and administration of respiratory vaccinations.

Design/methodology/approach

A technical description and analysis of a drive-in COVID-19 vaccine site.

Findings

We incrementally increased the number of vaccines performed per day from

SUBMITTER: Reise R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8436302 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature