“It took three short hours to put everything in place” Denis Garcia, director of the SOS health hospital in Saint-Avold, did not have to convince staff already convinced that vaccination was the only way to protect the population . When he relayed the wish of Olivier Véran, Minister of Health, visiting Metz this Friday, to increase the vaccination, everyone mobilized.
“The objective is to protect the greatest number of our fellow citizens and to make vaccination accessible to the entire population. “
Medical, paramedical, pharmacy and administration staff volunteered to provide the service on Saturday and Sunday. Whereas in normal times, the vaccination center operated from Monday to Friday, from 9 am to 5 pm, and on Saturday morning, it will now be open seven days a week. And its strike force has even been increased by 50%. . “We were at 90 injections per day, we are climbing this Saturday to 135 daily acts”
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From 500 to 750 vaccines per week
This directive also made it possible to extend the protocol to people who were on the waiting list and for whom no date had yet been set. “We contacted these patients,” says Denis Garcia. “The objective is to protect the greatest number of our fellow citizens and to make vaccination accessible to the entire population”. Since the start of the campaign, the Naborian hospital has been able to immunize 500 men and women per week. These new time slots will allow it to increase to 750 weekly injections.
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Race against time
Vaccination remains for the time being a real race against time. First of all, the doses are centralized at the Metz-Thionville CHR and are sometimes distilled “dropper” in the various vaccination centers in the department. These, and in particular those from Pfizer laboratories, should be stored at -70 ° C. They are thawed before being transported and can be stored for a maximum of five days in refrigerators at a temperature ranging between +2 and +8 ° C. Once the vials are opened, the pot life of the serum is six hours.
2,097. This is the number of people who have been vaccinated in Saint-Avold, including 165 hospital staff.
The product manufactured by Moderna laboratories can be stored under the same conditions as its cousin Pfizer, but for a period of thirty days.
This protocol seems to be simplified with the imminent arrival of AstraZeneca which can be stored like any other vaccine.
Since January 17, 2,097 people have been vaccinated in Saint-Avold: 165 hospital staff, 1,535 seniors over the age of 75 and 377 patients with signs of severe comorbidity.
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