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. 2021 Aug;12(4):774-777.
doi: 10.1055/s-0041-1733849. Epub 2021 Aug 18.

COVID-19 Mass Vaccination Resource Calculator

Grace E Pryor  1 , Kelsea Marble  2 , Ferdinand T Velasco  3 , Christoph U Lehmann  1   4   5   6 , Mujeeb A Basit  4   7
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COVID-19 Mass Vaccination Resource Calculator

Grace E Pryor et al. Appl Clin Inform. 2021 Aug.

Abstract

Background: Despite the recent emergency use authorization of two vaccines for the prevention of the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) disease, vaccination rates are lower than expected. Vaccination efforts may be hampered by supply, delivery, storage, patient prioritization, administration infrastructure or logistics problems. To address the last issue, our institution is sharing publically a calculator to optimize the management of staffing and facility resources in an outpatient mass vaccination effort.

Objective: By sharing our calculator locally and through this paper, we aim to help health organizations administering vaccines optimize resource allocation while maximizing efficiency.

Methods: Our calculator determines the maximum number of vaccinations that can be administered per hour, the number of check-in staff (clerks) needed, the number of vaccination staff (nurses) needed, and the required room capacity needed for the vaccination and the mandatory 15-minute observation period after inoculation.

Results: We provide a functional version of the calculator, allowing users to replicate the calculation for their own vaccine events.

Conclusion: An efficient and organized vaccination program is critical to halting the spread of COVID-19. By sharing this calculator, it is our hope that other organizations may use it to facilitate rapid and efficient vaccination.

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COVID-19 vaccination calculator formulae.
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