December 21 2020
Elderly residents of long-term care facilities received vaccine doses this week after health care workers took top priority.
Oregon-based Consonus Pharmacy dispensed the new COVID-19 vaccine to a Portland-area senior living facility Monday, Dec. 21.
Consonus Pharmacy is part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention s Pharmacy Partnership for Long-Term Care Program. The partnership program offers on-site vaccinations to nursing home and assisted living facility residents.
Staff and residents at long-term care facilities were slated to be second in line to receive the first allotments of the new Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, following the inoculation of frontline health care workers.
Elderly residents at care facilities are part of a high-risk population for contracting and dying from the COVID-19 virus.
December 21 2020
Elderly residents of long-term care facilities received vaccine doses this week after health care workers took top priority.
Oregon-based Consonus Pharmacy dispensed the new COVID-19 vaccine to a Portland-area senior living facility Monday, Dec. 21.
Consonus Pharmacy is part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention s Pharmacy Partnership for Long-Term Care Program. The partnership program offers on-site vaccinations to nursing home and assisted living facility residents.
Staff and residents at long-term care facilities were slated to be second in line to receive the first allotments of the new Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, following the inoculation of frontline health care workers.
Elderly residents at care facilities are part of a high-risk population for contracting and dying from the COVID-19 virus.