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Health care organizations around the Northwest are in various stages of inoculating their employees with the new Covid vaccines.
That brings different levels of complications. Those complications include finding enough vaccine to get doses for everyone and then getting them scheduled for shots.
Susan Stacey, the chief nursing officer at Providence Sacred Heart in Spokane, says the health system has vaccinated about 2,000 of its workers.
“We have not seen a significant impact on staffing for the vaccine. One of the things we have been doing is asking our caregivers proactively to schedule their vaccinations at the end of a stretch, just to minimize effects, she said.
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LEAVENWORTH, Wash. The newly approved Moderna coronavirus vaccine will add tens of thousands of vaccine doses to Washington state s allotment this week.
Both Pfizer and Moderna are sending COVID-19 vaccines to Washington.
“In combination, we’re getting close to 180,000 doses of vaccine this week,” said Cassie Sauer, president of the Washington State Hospital Association (WSHA).
According to the association, 44,850 Pfizer doses and 128,000 Moderna doses are expected.
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Hospitals around the Northwest are busy vaccinating their highest-risk employees.
The Providence Health System in Spokane began that work last Friday. Spokeswoman Beth Hegde says inoculations will continue all week at Sacred Heart.
In western Washington, the CHI Franciscan Health System says it has vaccinated about 2,500 staff members since the middle of last week.
Some of the state’s smallest health care providers are relying on larger partners to protect their high-risk workers. In central Washington, for example, Confluence Health in Wenatchee is working with Cascade Medical Center in Leavenworth.
“Confluence received the Pfizer vaccine and they have helped vaccinate 21 of our employees who are in the high-risk category. We feel really grateful for that, said Diane Blake, the CEO of Cascade Medical Center.
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