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Lessons Learned from the COVID-19 Vaccination Campaigns in Veneto Region: Population Vaccination Centers as Support for the Traditional Outpatient Model

Published:2023-11-07 Issue:11 Volume:11 Page:1695
ISSN:2076-393X
Container-title:Vaccines
language:en
Short-container-title:Vaccines

Author:

Cinquetti Sandro¹,De Polo Anna²,Marcotrigiano Vincenzo¹,Battistin Marica³,Bino Erica⁴,De Mattia Giulia⁵,Fagherazzi Jacopo³,Fiorito Nahuel³,Manzi Mattia³,Voltolini Anna⁶,Mognato Martina³,Napoli Christian⁷^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Prevention Department, Local Health Authority “ULSS 1 Dolomiti”, 32100 Belluno, Italy

2. Hygiene and Public Health Service, Prevention Department, Local Health Authority “ULSS 2 Marca Trevigiana”, 31100 Treviso, Italy

3. Hygiene and Public Health Service, Prevention Department, Local Health Authority “ULSS 1 Dolomiti”, 32100 Belluno, Italy

4. Epidemiology Service, Prevention Department, Local Health Authority “ULSS 1 Dolomiti”, 32100 Belluno, Italy

5. Prevention Department, Provincial Authority for Health Services, “APSS” Autonomous Province of Trento, 38123 Trento, Italy

6. Postgraduate Specialization in Hygiene and Preventive Medicine, Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padua, 35122 Padua, Italy

7. Department of Medical Surgical Sciences and Translational Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy

Abstract

The extraordinary vaccination campaigns of the COVID-19 pandemic era put organizational and operational systems to the test in numerous territorial contexts. In the Veneto region, the activation of population vaccination centers (CVPs) guaranteed the provision of vaccines to mountain areas. These centers, drive-in and building-based, improved the efficiency of dose administration in relation to similar conditions where healthcare workers (HCWs) were routinely involved in clinics. Overall, a comparison of the two models investigated, with the same numbers of HCWs involved and the same opening hours for the vaccination sites, has shown that the CVPs are able to guarantee three times as many vaccines administered, compared with the traditional outpatient model. This study aims to provide a detailed analysis of the adopted organizational model, highlighting the best practices and improvements required to guarantee a timely and effective public health response, and evaluating the opportunities to deploy these innovative methods actively in a standard context.

Publisher

MDPI AG

Subject

Pharmacology (medical),Infectious Diseases,Drug Discovery,Pharmacology,Immunology

Link

https://www.mdpi.com/2076-393X/11/11/1695/pdf

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