Beating back COVID right now comes down to balancing supply and demand.
With hopes pinned to vaccines, demand has far outstripped the supply of doses.
But, as an increasing number of vaccine vials are shipped in coming weeks, the concern about shortages may well shift to human capital: the vaccinators themselves. We need to mobilize more medical units to get more shots in people s arms, Jeff Zients, coordinator of President Joe Biden s COVID-19 task force, said at a briefing earlier this month.
Already, there have been scattered reports that vaccinators are in short supply in some areas. Absolutely, we do need more, said Tom Kraus, vice president of government relations for the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, whose members work in hospitals, clinics and large physician practices.
University of Houston nursing students get started with the basics in Sugar Land
Roy Kent, Staff writer
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Nursing students at the University of Houston College of Nursing in Sugar Land went through a boot camp of sorts this week, learning how to properly put on personal protection equipment and take vital signs of patients.University of HoustonShow MoreShow Less
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Nursing students at the University of Houston College of Nursing in Sugar Land went through a boot camp of sorts this week, learning how to properly put on personal protection equipment and take vital signs of patients.University of HoustonShow MoreShow Less
Job offers of up to $12,000 a week lure Houston nurses to COVID-19 hot spots
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Darrelyn Mathieu, patient care assistant, enters a patient s room in the cardiovascular acute care unit, at Houston Methodist Debakey Heart and Vascular Center on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021, in Houston. Texas hospitals, already facing an increase in patients brought by the pandemic, is dealing with poached nurses. Seven months after hospitals competed for ventilators, personal protective equipment and COVID-19 test, nurses have become the hot commodity, desperately needed around the country.Godofredo A. Vásquez, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
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Darrelyn Mathieu, patient care assistant, provides care for a patient in the cardiovascular acute care unit, at Houston Methodist Debakey Heart and Vascular Center on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021, in Houston. Texas hospitals, already facing an increase in patients brought by the pandemic, is dealing with poached n
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