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Moving the needle in nursing home vaccination rates

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Nursing Home-Pharmacy Partnership For COVID-19 Vaccine To End


Pharmacy chains like Walgreens and CVS have been vaccinating long-term care residents and staff since December. Now, that program is coming to an end. 
Both Walgreens and CVS are wrapping up their third and final vaccine clinics in the coming weeks. But where do long-term care facilities go from here? 
Staff turnover is high, and new caregivers will need the vaccine; so will new residents. 
David Voepel is the CEO of the Arizona Health Care Association.
So we re hoping that in the very near future, this turns into [something] like a flu vaccine for us, he said. So that we call our long-term care pharmacist. And we have enough folks to make up a vial of vaccine. ....

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