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School-Located Influenza Vaccination Clinic information and resources
3-6 Months Prior to School-Located Influenza Vaccination (SLIV) Clinic
- Develop schedule of all committee meetings and forward to all committee members
- PR committee to determine what educational efforts will be utilized
- Print—newspaper stories; identify relevant health reporters and school reporters; determine which key public figures may be interested in participating in SLIV clinic reports
- Television—seek morning news talk show interviews with health department officials and/or school board officials
- Radio—identify opportunities for drive time radio discussion of planned SLIV clinic
- Posters in community—identify locations to publicize SLIV clinic
- Billboards—assess feasibility of leveraging this communication medium
- Notify local pediatricians/family practitioners about the anticipated school program
- Finalize consent forms and promotional materials for program
- Set up training for volunteers
- Utilize video, web-based, and on-site trainings as needed
- Provide administration training (sprayers, syringes) and student talking points to all team members
- Immunization Team meeting to consider the following:
- How many schools and clinics per day
- How much staff will be needed and what needs to address with schools
- Note: typical program requires students to be out of classroom for 15-20 minutes
- Begin promoting program to community at every available opportunity
- Determine what the Buy-and-Bill model will be. Two examples are below:
- The public health department will provide vaccination to all publicly insured students for free. If a student has health insurance, the insurance company may be billed for vaccination. If the student does not have insurance, the health department may cover the costs of vaccination, utilizing available VFC doses
- The public health department will provide vaccination at school. There will be no charge for a student that is VFC-eligible or is insured by a public health department-contracted payer. If a student does not meet either of these criteria, then he or she may be asked to make a one-time payment to defray expenses (amount to be determined by public health department)
- Notify the school system regarding details of the program
- Hold face-to-face meetings with steering committee and school board to present the specifics of the Buy-and-Bill model
- Outline the details of the program clearly to parents via clear communications
- Order vaccines
- Confirm shipping dates with state health department as well as vaccine distributor to ensure timely delivery of vaccine for program date
- Gather insurance information and parent phone numbers via consent forms in the event that insurance information clarification with parents is required
- Implement general program requirements consistent with public coalition SLIV clinic model according to agreed-upon roles and responsibilities
- Community immunizer to provide preliminary training for all nurses on vaccine administration
- Agree upon consent and billing form content and format
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