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Editor, Senior Moderator
J Sch Nurs. 2012 Jun 11. [Epub ahead of print]
Coordination Costs for School-Located Influenza Vaccination Clinics, Maine, 2009 H1N1 Pandemic.
Beeler Asay GR, Cho BH, Lorick SA, Tipton ML, Dube NL, Messonnier ML.
Abstract
School nurses played a key role in Maine's school-located influenza vaccination (SLV) clinics during the 2009-2010 pandemic season. The objective of this study was to determine, from the school district perspective, the labor hours and costs associated with outside-clinic coordination activities (OCA). The authors defined OCA as labor hours spent by staff outside of clinic operations. The authors surveyed a convenience sample of 10 school nurses from nine school districts. Eight nurses responded to the survey, representing seven districts, 45 schools and 84 SLV clinics that provided a total of 22,596 vaccine doses (H1N1 and seasonal combined) to children and adolescents. The mean total OCA time per clinic was 69 hours: out of total hours, 22 (36%) were spent outside regular clinic operation time. The authors estimated the mean cost of OCA to be $15.36 per dose. Survey respondents reported that costs would be lower during non-pandemic seasons and as schools become more proficient at planning clinics.
PMID:
22691394
[PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22691394
Coordination Costs for School-Located Influenza Vaccination Clinics, Maine, 2009 H1N1 Pandemic.
Beeler Asay GR, Cho BH, Lorick SA, Tipton ML, Dube NL, Messonnier ML.
Abstract
School nurses played a key role in Maine's school-located influenza vaccination (SLV) clinics during the 2009-2010 pandemic season. The objective of this study was to determine, from the school district perspective, the labor hours and costs associated with outside-clinic coordination activities (OCA). The authors defined OCA as labor hours spent by staff outside of clinic operations. The authors surveyed a convenience sample of 10 school nurses from nine school districts. Eight nurses responded to the survey, representing seven districts, 45 schools and 84 SLV clinics that provided a total of 22,596 vaccine doses (H1N1 and seasonal combined) to children and adolescents. The mean total OCA time per clinic was 69 hours: out of total hours, 22 (36%) were spent outside regular clinic operation time. The authors estimated the mean cost of OCA to be $15.36 per dose. Survey respondents reported that costs would be lower during non-pandemic seasons and as schools become more proficient at planning clinics.
PMID:
22691394
[PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22691394