How NY And NJ Hospitals Are Preparing For The Complicated Vaccination Process
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The first shipment of what is currently the only approved COVID-19 vaccine in the United States is now arriving at hospitals across the country. The very first dose of the Pfizer vaccine was given to a nurse at Long Island Jewish Medical Center in Queens, and hospital staff around the region are working to make sure they can vaccinate their frontline workers as smoothly as possible.
“It s not only making sure that that operation is like clockwork, that staff and every patient is scheduled, that the cycle time is efficient just to make sure folks get through and the schedule is adhered to. But we also have to tie that to the very complex logistics of the vaccine itself, Dr. Shereef Elnahal, CEO of University Hospital in Newark, NJ, told Gothamist/WNYC.