EMPLOYEE Health?

[chasinRT]

Do any of you have responsibility for administering Hep B vaccines to employees? If so, what all does it entail as far as record-keeping etc. I am not eager to take this on, but it seems like this is something that is going to be foisted my way.

[OldDude]

In years past our district "purchased" "lots" of HEP B doses from our local health department. The health department stored the vaccines for us and administered the doses as needed to applicable district employees. The problem we ran in to was we couldn't estimate and forecast the need and found ourselves losing money because the doses would expire. Thus, we would have to purchase another "lot" of vaccine. Government red tape at its finest, ya know. So, what we are doing now is...we have a contract with a local pharmacy to administer the vaccine as needed. We don't have to buy the bulk vaccine anymore or worry about expiration dates.

[Eleven011]

I only read TB shots for employees. Anything else, they go to our local clinic for.

[ruby_jane, BSN, RN]

I WISH I could keep vaccines here (former public health/vaccine nurse here).

Find out where you're getting the vaccine from. Since it's for employees it's probably not from the federal VFC program and you will then thank your lucky stars because the paperwork was intense.

At minimum you'll need a designated refrigerator to store vaccine (which you cannot store your lunch in); a good thermometer; a chart to plot AM and PM temps; and a plan in writing to deal with what happens if the fridge goes out and the vaccine's ruined.

You will need to log the expiration dates and have a plan to send the expired vaccines somewhere.

You will need all the VAERS paperwork from the federal government to hand to people you're vaccinating. You'll need some kind of tracking mechanism because it's a three-shot series.

Finally, you'll need doctor's orders for all of this. A good place to start might be your local public health department. As an aside, it's probably cheaper for your district to contract this out to a clinic who does all this routinely as opposed to having you reinvent a wheel. I'm sure you said that; I just wanted to validate you.

[AdobeRN]

ugg - I'm glad we don't have to deal with this. Our district contracts an outside agency that comes to all campuses at the beginning of the year to administer flu shot and anything else that is needed to staff and community - all I have to do is arrange for the space and help with crowd control.

[JenTheSchoolRN, BSN, RN]

ugg - I'm glad we don't have to deal with this. Our district contracts an outside agency that comes to all campuses at the beginning of the year to administer flu shot and anything else that is needed to staff and community - all I have to do is arrange for the space and help with crowd control.

Me too! I had CVS come in this year to give flu shots to staff and they took care of everything, which was awesome. I plan on doing it the same way next year.

[Farawyn]

I am the record keeper and that is all.