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Editor, Senior Moderator
Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2013 Apr;7(2):215-7. doi: 10.1017/dmp.2013.25.
Self-immunization with live attenuated influenza vaccine in a mass vaccination clinic.
Zahn M1, Pursiful P2, Carrico R3, Woods C1, Troutman A2.
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Abstract
OBJECTIVE:
An influenza pandemic may demand that a large number of influenza immunizations be rapidly given with limited resources. This study tested the utility and practicality of self-immunization with live attenuated influenza intranasal vaccine in a mass vaccination event.
METHODS:
The self-immunization clinic model was evaluated in a three-tiered fashion using student, first responder, and open community events.
RESULTS:
A single nurse was easily able to direct 89 people through the process of self-administration of the vaccine in a three-hour first-responder event and 122 people in a three-hour open community event. 96% of participants believed that they had performed the self-administration correctly, and the same percentage reported that they would like to receive influenza immunization by self-vaccination in the future.
CONCLUSIONS:
The self-immunization clinic is a practical and potentially useful model in an influenza pandemic setting.
PMID:
24618173
[PubMed - in process]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24618173
Self-immunization with live attenuated influenza vaccine in a mass vaccination clinic.
Zahn M1, Pursiful P2, Carrico R3, Woods C1, Troutman A2.
Author information
Abstract
OBJECTIVE:
An influenza pandemic may demand that a large number of influenza immunizations be rapidly given with limited resources. This study tested the utility and practicality of self-immunization with live attenuated influenza intranasal vaccine in a mass vaccination event.
METHODS:
The self-immunization clinic model was evaluated in a three-tiered fashion using student, first responder, and open community events.
RESULTS:
A single nurse was easily able to direct 89 people through the process of self-administration of the vaccine in a three-hour first-responder event and 122 people in a three-hour open community event. 96% of participants believed that they had performed the self-administration correctly, and the same percentage reported that they would like to receive influenza immunization by self-vaccination in the future.
CONCLUSIONS:
The self-immunization clinic is a practical and potentially useful model in an influenza pandemic setting.
PMID:
24618173
[PubMed - in process]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24618173