Back to Practice with Covid-19

Well it has been a little quieter as anticipated. Over the last few of weeks at QMU we have been running at perhaps 40% of capacity on average. We continue to have wee stories, such as the young person outwith our age limit criteria with a special letter of dispensation to receive the vaccine, a client a with rare and unusual anaphylaxis history which, if accurate , meant they could not safely be vaccinated at QMU and occasional walk-in clients very unhappy at being turned away. Also a small number of very anxious recipients who turn out to anxious about everything! W e have this week moved back to Pfizer with some very short expiry stock but have used up all available vials within the time required. I believe that next week will see us beg i n to pivot to focus more on second doses. Since new staff have been recruited to deputise for the clinical lead there has also been less need to cover this role which has meant more time for vaccinating. In the last six shifts I have o...

It’s been a couple of weeks since I last posted and vaccinations are continuing at a steady, if not spectacular pace. We are generally operating at between a thirty to sixty percent capacity most days. My shifts as lead were mostly unremarkable. In the same vein as see one, do one, teach one for vaccine administration, I was shadowed on both shifts by staff who, in their turn, were taking the lead later in the week. In late March we started to contact individuals who we had previously not vaccinated due to their history of allergies or anaphylaxis to reschedule their appointments. Our local policy has reverted closer to our original one where most people, unless they have a very specific anaphylactic history, can be vaccinated at QMU. This change of policy has caused some confusion and even consternation at times with both staff and the public, but we are operating in a fast moving environment where changes will be required from time to time. We are also now getting some c...