Urgent COVID-19 Vaccination of Healthcare Workers via a Quality Improvement Initiative.

ABSTRACT: The COVID-19 pandemic has posed a significant threat to US healthcare workers' mental and physical health. The US Food and Drug Administration approved the first mRNA COVID-19 vaccine for Emergency Use Authorization on December 11, 2020. High-risk healthcare workers were determined to be Phase 1a. Goal: Complete the two-dose vaccine series in all interested phase 1a staff immediately after the COVID-19 vaccine was available and distributed to our institution, December 14, 2020.

Methods

A multidisciplinary team involving key stakeholders performed process mapping to develop four key drivers for vaccination success: rapid vaccine procurement, proper storage and handling, well-defined vaccine administration and follow-up plan, and system preparation. We tested interventions using plan-

SUBMITTER: Baumer-Mouradian SH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8615323 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature