Open AccessRepurposing COVID-19 Drive-Through Testing Centers for Mass Vaccination
Author(s) -
Edward Kim
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of multidisciplinary healthcare
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.65
H-Index - 30
ISSN - 1178-2390
DOI - 10.2147/jmdh.s279618
Subject(s) - repurposing , covid-19 , pandemic , vaccination , computer science , throughput , mass vaccination , scale (ratio) , resource (disambiguation) , virology , medicine , engineering , telecommunications , computer network , geography , disease , pathology , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty) , cartography , wireless , waste management
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, drive-through testing centers have proven more effective in expanding testing capacity than traditional clinic models. If this infrastructure is repurposed and expanded for a large-scale vaccination campaign, it can facilitate throughput, reduce resource use, and overcome barriers associated with vaccine adoption and distribution.