Tuesday, December 15, 2020

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (December 15, 2020)—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released a COVID-19 Vaccination Toolkit for medical centers, clinics and clinicians. 

Materials include:

  • A guide for building vaccine confidence within health systems, medical offices and clinics;
  • Turn-key slide decks for immunization coordinators, the healthcare team and other healthcare personnel with information about COVID-19 vaccines, tips for building vaccine confidence, and tips for having effective vaccine conversations with patients;
  • Posters, fact sheets, FAQs, and social media;
  • Printable buttons/stickers for staff to wear once they've gotten their vaccine; and
  • A video describing how ACIP makes recommendations and advises CDC on the use of vaccines in our country.

Find the full toolkit here.

In adopting these guidelines, The National Association for Home Care & Hospice board of directors released a resolution urging homecare and hospice providers to receive the vaccine as soon as possible—while continuing to maintain infection control protocols. 

The resolution also supports making the COVID-19 vaccine available to homecare and hospice patients and their caregivers, some of the most vulnerable patients in the population to this strain of the coronavirus.

Find the full resolution here.