By Cathy Spaulding / cspaulding@muskogeephoenix Dec 17, 2020
Dec 17, 2020
Saint Francis Hospital Muskogee Director of Acute Care Services, Kim Walton, RN, fills out paperwork before receiving the COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday. CATHY SPAULDING/Muskogee Phoenix
Emergency health care workers lined up inside Saint Francis Hospital Muskogee on Wednesday to get the county s first COVID-19 vaccinations. I think our emergency department providers are on the front line, and they don t always know when somebody presents, whether they have COVID or not, said Kim Walton, RN, the hospital s emergency room and ICU director.Â
The hospital received 390 vials of the vaccine, with six doses per vial, said Kristen Carollo, public information officer for Oklahoma Health Department District 7. She said that means 2,340 possible doses for Phase 1. During Phase 1, vaccines are available to health care workers providing direct inpatient COV
Muskogee Hospitals Prepare To Get COVID-19 Vaccine To Oklahomans
Saint Francis in Muskogee has been tasked with getting vaccines to Oklahomans in the eastern more rural part of the state and have already received nearly 2,000 doses so far.
Deputy Commissioner of Health Keith Reed said partnering with hospitals has been vital in getting the vaccines to Oklahomans. He explains Saint Francis Tulsa is one of the 5 hub distribution points in the state. From Tulsa, the vaccine goes to spoke locations, including Saint Francis Muskogee. Specifically, for Muskogee that is a part of the Saint Francis systems and I know that they have plans in place to use them and have a hub and spoke model to be able to give vaccines to those priority health care groups in that particular system, Reed said.
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