Successful Drive-thru Point-of-Distribution Influenza Vaccination Program for Veterans Affairs Medical Center Employees

Bailey, Lisa; Barrett, Nancy; Thorne, Monique; Ford, Florence; Elizabeth, Werns; Psevdos, George

doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2020.06.201

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“…Another study also found that drive-through vaccination is mostly preferred to other options especially by those unwilling to leave their work to receive the vaccine. As reported by Bailey et al [ 23 ], using a drive-through facility for seasonal flu vaccination for health workers as they entered their work places enabled health agencies to vaccinate more health workers in a shorter time frame. Bailey and her colleagues found that by using a drive-through facility, more health workers were vaccinated per 100 min during the 2018–2019 flu season conveniently and safely.…”

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“…In addition to these, drive-through facilities are also supported and managed by incident command posts, requiring separate staff, space, parking lots, and security precautions. Moreover, large drive-through sites need to be maintained by local law enforcement, fire departments, emergency services, information technology service provider(s), and communication units of the responsible jurisdiction [ 23 ]. In terms of operation hours and number of shifts, a drive-through facility can operate 24 hours a day in three or four shifts depending on staff working hours, clients’ incoming rates in different times of the day, weather conditions, and lighting.…”

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A Drive-through Simulation Tool for Mass Vaccination during COVID-19 Pandemic

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Several research and development teams around the world are working towards COVID-19 vaccines. As vaccines are expected to be developed and produced, preparedness and planning for mass vaccination and immunization will become an important aspect of the pandemic management. Mass vaccination has been used by public health agencies in the past and is being proposed as a viable option for COVID-19 immunization. To be able to rapidly and safely immunize a large number of people against SARS-CoV-2, different mass vaccination options are available. Drive-through facilities have been successfully used in the past for immunization against other diseases and for testing during COVID-19. In this paper we introduce a drive-through vaccination simulation tool that can be used to enhance the planning, design, operation, and feasibility and effectiveness assessment of such facilities. The simulation tool is a hybrid model that integrates discrete event and agent-based modeling techniques. The simulation outputs visually and numerically show the average processing and waiting times and the number of cars and people that can be served (throughput values) under different numbers of staff, service lanes, screening, registration, immunization, and recovery times.

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A Drive-through Simulation Tool for Mass Vaccination during COVID-19 Pandemic

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“… 1 Drive-in influenza vaccination sites have also expanded access and increased the number of individuals vaccinated. 2 - 4 …”

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

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Usmani

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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 300 in the first 2 weeks to 700 an additional 2 weeks later. By the end of January, we completed nearly 14 000 vaccinations. At this capacity, we estimate the site could performed 5000 vaccinations per week. Practical Implications: This manuscript provides step-by-step guidance how to develop, operationalize, and implement a sustainable drive-in COVID-19 vaccination site. Originality/Value: To our knowledge, this is the first description of a drive-in approach to COVID-19 vaccination. Our findings can help inform other health entities as they develop or expand vaccination efforts that may serve as a template for other sites to adapt.

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“…Subsequent studies found that with reasonable processing time and negligible carbon monoxide exposure, drive-through is a feasible and effective alternative to traditional walk-in clinics by providing faster vaccination under lower disease transmission risks [ 14 , 15 ]. Drive-through clinics have been used for testing and provision of health services such as prenatal and pharmacy services during the COVID-19 pandemic as well [ 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 ]. The use of drive-through during the COVID-19 pandemic demonstrated its effectiveness in the absence of enough clinical testing facilities [ 20 ].…”

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“…Drive-through mass vaccination facilities can be designed and implemented in various shapes and sizes [ 7 , 19 , 21 , 22 , 23 ]. Drive-through facilities with more dispensing lanes can provide higher throughputs and prevent traffic overflow onto neighboring streets [ 10 , 24 ].…”

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Artificial Intelligence Model of Drive-Through Vaccination Simulation

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Valtchev

Chen

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Planning for mass vaccination against SARS-Cov-2 is ongoing in many countries considering that vaccine will be available for the general public in the near future. Rapid mass vaccination while a pandemic is ongoing requires the use of traditional and new temporary vaccination clinics. Use of drive-through has been suggested as one of the possible effective temporary mass vaccinations among other methods. In this study, we present a machine learning model that has been developed based on a big dataset derived from 125K runs of a drive-through mass vaccination simulation tool. The results show that the model is able to reasonably well predict the key outputs of the simulation tool. Therefore, the model has been turned to an online application that can help mass vaccination planners to assess the outcomes of different types of drive-through mass vaccination facilities much faster.

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Successful Drive-thru Point-of-Distribution Influenza Vaccination Program for Veterans Affairs Medical Center Employees

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A Drive-through Simulation Tool for Mass Vaccination during COVID-19 Pandemic

A Drive-through Simulation Tool for Mass Vaccination during COVID-19 Pandemic

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

Artificial Intelligence Model of Drive-Through Vaccination Simulation

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