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WESTERN TREASURE VALLEY On Monday, St. Lukeâs Health System, in response to the stateâs expansion for groups eligible for vaccinations to include Idaho residents age 65 and older, invited experts overseeing the vaccine rollout to explain more during a press conference for media. This newest subgroup is Subgroup 2.2. Dr. Laura McGeorge, service line medical director, was joined by Scott Milner, director of pharmacy, both of St. Lukeâs, on a Microsoft Teams virtual conference call to detail how the vaccination process is rolling out. McGeorge said that what she saw was an âunprecedented interest in the vaccine.â Wait times for those people calling in about how to schedule a vaccine were lengthy, according to McGeorge, and she urged people calling in to wait on the line, if possible. ....
Unpredictable supply : COVID-19 vaccine appointments at Boise hospitals fill quickly Jacob Scholl, The Idaho Statesman Feb. 1 Idaho hospitals already faced issues regarding the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines on Monday, the first day that allowed Idahoans 65 and older to be eligible. According to tweets from Anita Kissee, public relations manager for St. Luke s Health System, all available appointments for COVID-19 vaccines filled up quickly Monday morning. She said the health system received a different quantity of coronavirus vaccines than originally projected. Kissee said in a tweet that those interested in getting a COVID-19 vaccination should check back with the hospital frequently if they do not get scheduled right away. ....
St. Luke s receives first shipment of COVID-19 vaccines Scott Milner, St. Luke s Senior Director of Pharmacy, says they got 195 vials, which is 975 doses of the vaccine. Author: John Masters Updated: 5:36 PM MST December 15, 2020 BOISE, Idaho St. Luke s received its first shipment of the new Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines Tuesday. Scott Milner is St. Luke s Senior Director of Pharmacy who is tasked with making sure the equipment for this is ready and in place. He says they got 195 vials, which is 975 doses. The vaccine is being stored in specialty ultra-low-temperature freezers. Milner says the federal government has provided St. Luke’s with the supplies they need to administer the vaccine such as alcohol swabs, needles and syringes. Those are broken into kits and sent out to the administration sites. ....
BOISE St. Lukeâs Health System is prepared for COVID-19 vaccine delivery according to a news release made available to news agencies on Friday morning. âSt. Lukeâs Health System announced it is ready for the first shipments of the new COVID-19 vaccines. It was notified by Pfizer this week that the first shipments are on the way and are expected to arrive in the next few days,â reads the statement. The release announced that a press conference later in the day would go into more detail on the vaccines and how the St. Lukeâs Health System is receiving and storing them. ....
1:12 To stay effective, the Pfizer vaccine must be kept at -94°F (-70°C) colder than temperatures in Antarctica. So St. Luke’s bought three ultra-low-temperature freezers that can hold 20,000 doses each, and it set up a backup system that uses dry ice. “I think that the preparations that we have put in place have given us the most flexibility for whatever things will transpire in the next month. I feel pretty confident right now, St. Luke’s Senior Director of Pharmacy Scott Milner said. “It s been motivating. I feel inspired by the work that s gone into this.” The vaccines come shipped in temperature-controlled containers that use dry ice and thermal sensors to keep them cool. ....