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Getting the Most out of Your Bioterrorism Tools: Streamlining Influenza
Sandra Urbanek, Wyoming Department of Health, 4020 House Ave, Cheyenne, WY, USA and Judy Merritt, Immunization Registries Division, Scientific Technologies Corporation, 67 East Weldon - Suite 110, Phoenix, AZ, USA.
BACKGROUND:
Immunization registry data requirements are typically a barrier that prevents immunization staff from entering the large number of influenza immunizations administered in a single flu season. Utilizing mass immunization tools that were originally developed to respond to bioterrorism events provides a mechanism to more easily capture this influenza information for high-risk patient follow-up and vaccine usage statistics. Mass influenza clinics also provide a training ground for bioterorrism events. By using bioterrorism tools for influenza clinics, staff is able to retain their knowledge on less frequently used applications and is able to continuously evaluate clinic flows.
OBJECTIVE:
This presentation will discuss the benefits of utilizing bioterrorism tools in influenza clinics to provide a training ground for bioterrorism as well as capturing influenza immunization information for patient follow up and statistics. The presenters will outline the process used to conduct mass immunization influenza clinics in Wyoming.
METHOD:
Influenza clinics were conducted in Wyoming utilizing the registry’s mass immunization module. Clinic flows were based on the state’s bioterrorism plan. The clinics were evaluated to determine if flows and processes would be optimal for responding to an actual bioterrorism event.
RESULT:
The presentation will detail how the immunization registry’s bioterrorism tools have promoted the collection of influenza data as well as provided a training opportunity for bioterrorism event staff.
CONCLUSION:
The utilization of an immunization registry’s bioterrorism tools in influenza clinics benefits the registry by allowing it to gather information for patient follow up and provides a mechanism for training immunization staff to respond to bioterrorism events in mass immunization clinics.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
Participants will learn the benefits of expanding the use of an immunization registry’s bioterrorism tools to support other immunization activities.
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