Operation CoVER Saint Louis (COVID-19 Vaccine in the Emergency Room): Impact of a Vaccination Program in the Emergency Department.

Autor: Wessman BT; Washington University in Saint Louis, Department of Emergency Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri.; Washington University in Saint Louis, Department of Anesthesiology, Division of Critical Care Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri., Yeary J; BJC HealthCare, Department of Pharmacy Services, St. Louis, Missouri., Newland H; BJC HealthCare, Department of Pharmacy Services, St. Louis, Missouri., Jotte R; Washington University in Saint Louis, Department of Emergency Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: The western journal of emergency medicine [West J Emerg Med] 2024 May; Vol. 25 (3), pp. 374-381.
DOI: 10.5811/westjem.18325
Abstrakt: Introduction: Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) inequitably impacted minority populations and regions with limited access to healthcare resources. The Barnes-Jewish Emergency Department in St. Louis, MO, serves such a population. The COVID-19 vaccine is an available defense to help achieve community immunity. The emergency department (ED) is a potential societal resource to provide access to a vaccination intervention. Our objective in this study was to describe and evaluate a novel ED COVID-19 vaccine program, including its impact on the local surrounding underserved community.
Methods: This was a retrospective, post-protocol implementation review of an ED COVID-19 vaccination program. Over the initial six-month period, we compiled data on all vaccinated patients out of the ED to evaluate demographic data and the impact on underserved regional areas.
Results: We report a successful ED-based COVID-19 vaccine program (with over 1,000 vaccines administered). This program helped raise regional and state vaccination rates. Over 50% of the population that received the COVID-19 vaccine from the ED were from defined socially vulnerable patient populations. No adverse effects were documented.
Conclusion: Operation CoVER (COVID-19 Vaccine in the Emergency Room) Saint Louis was able to successfully vaccinate a socially vulnerable patient population. This free, COVID-19 ED-based vaccine program with dedicated pharmacy support, was novel in emergency medicine practice. Similar ED-based vaccine programs could help with future vaccine distribution.
Competing Interests: Conflicts of Interest: By the WestJEM article submission agreement, all authors are required to disclose all affiliations, funding sources and financial or management relationships that could be perceived as potential sources of bias. No author has professional or financial relationships with any companies that are relevant to this study. There are no conflicts of interest or sources of funding to declare.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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