Preparing the vaccination workforce 3.1 Vaccinating the workforce Before commencing vaccinations, the Ministry recommends all vaccination site staff have an opportunity to receive a COVID-19 vaccination. This includes all staff who have contacts with consumers, from health professionals to receptionists and security staff.
3.2 Clinical leadership Every multi-vaccinator vaccinator site should have a named lead clinician each shift. The onsite lead clinician should be an appropriately experienced clinician who is able to lead the vaccination team, manage and investigate adverse events and incidents, and provide onsite clinical advice.
3.3 Preparation and planning phase • Appoint a facility IPC lead for the planning, deployment, and monitoring of the
vaccination activities. • Identify an adequate number of vaccinators to ensure sufficient staff and time is
available to support correct implementation of IPC practices required to safely administer the vaccine. • Identify trained staff to deliver IPC training to others involved in vaccination activities (including managers, logistical support vaccinators, cleaners and health workers dedicated to screening), and to provide information to consumers to be vaccinated. • Identify health workers for the supervision of vaccination activities and define a monitoring and evaluation process of IPC practices, including providing feedback to vaccinators and other staff as required.
3.4 Quality and safety There is an expectation that each DHB region has quality and safety oversight of the vaccination programme rollout through their existing quality and safety and/or clinical governance mechanisms. For clarity, this includes adverse events, complaints, and incident management. Note: In this context, ‘adverse event’ does not refer to an adverse reaction following immunisation.
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