Back to Annual Meeting Page		American Public Health Association 133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition December 10-14, 2005 Philadelphia, PA

Abstract #106528

Ray Cooke, MPH, EMT-B, Janet Winkler, RN, and Matt Roberts, MPH. Springfield Department of Public Health, 1415 E. Jefferson Street, Springfield, IL 62703, 217/789-2182, mroberts@cwlp.com

This unique service delivery system was set up to vaccinate or medicate a large number of people in a relatively short period of time, in a drive through setting. After about two years of planning and careful consideration, the clinic was implemented during the 2004 Influenza Flu Vaccine shortage season. It proved to be a very successful operation and viable option with the ability to vaccinate an estimated 1,000 high risk people per hour, at one location. This presentation will review: A) Aspects to study when considering a drive through clinic, B) Limitations & considerations of a drive through clinic, C) Set-up, implementation, maintenance and recovery of the clinic, D) Resource allocation issues, and E) Lessons learned. Participants will review a time line of events that occurred during the clinic. This clinic overcame special circumstances such as vaccinating people who were six months to twenty-four months of age or sixty-five years of age or older, with a chronic disease, and being the first health department based drive-thru clinic in Illinois. It was held in November of 2004 in a community of about 188,000 people.

Learning Objectives:

• Recognize the conditions that a drive through type clinic might be a viable option
• Identify limitations and special considerations for a drive through clinic such as public perception and management of resources
• Construct and implement a clinic based on this model
• Identify issues to monitor and make adjustments for, during the clinic operation

Keywords: Access and Services, Access to Health Care

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

I wish to disclose that I have NO financial interests or other relationship with the manufactures of commercial products, suppliers of commercial services or commercial supporters.

Recorded presentation