Vaccination pace to speed up in long-term care; focus is now on uptake, advocate says
Encouraging uptake among staff and residents should be LTC administrators’ goal as the vaccination program ramps up, according to the AHCA / NCAL.
Worker Vaccination
CDC toolkit covers flu vaccination for post-acute and long-term care workers
The toolkit offers strategies for reaching out to unvaccinated individuals, and for tracking and monitoring vaccinations as part of a quality improvement program.
Opt-in COVID vaccine program kicks off; Feds partner with CVS, Walgreens
Long-term care facilities nationwide can voluntarily opt in to a free pharmacy partnership program that will provide and administer future COVID-19 vaccines on site, federal officials announced Friday.
Long-term care facilities approach 80% worker flu vaccination rate after handing power to regional pharmacy, AHQR reports
Fourteen long-term care facilities in Pennsylvania dramatically increased their staff flu vaccination rate by having a regional pharmacy take over the process, according to a report issued Thursday by the Agency for Healthcare Quality and Research (AHQR).
