UC San Francisco (UCSF) | Drive-through COVID-19 vaccines at City College @ucsf | Uploaded 3 years ago | Updated 1 hour ago
As its supply of COVID-19 vaccines increases, UC San Francisco is expanding its vaccination efforts to those most at risk – the elderly and health care workers in the community.
Since the delivery of its first shipment of vaccines in mid-December, teams across UCSF have been working diligently to vaccinate UCSF employees and learners by prioritizing those at highest risk for contracting the virus while working on site.
Implementing this complex, multi-phased vaccination program has involved a tremendous team effort, while operating with a few days’ of vaccine doses at a time and amid uncertainty about future shipments. The multi-disciplinary team meets daily to evaluate the current vaccine supply and to decide who will be included in future rounds of vaccinations based on state and federal guidelines
UCSF leaders emphasize that over the months ahead, all members of the UCSF community will have an opportunity to be vaccinated. All faculty, staff, learners and patients are encouraged to be vaccinated when it’s their turn. Importantly, everyone should continue to follow public health orders, such as wearing face coverings, washing hands, maintaining physical distancing and completing the daily health screening before coming on campus.
To date, UCSF has offered vaccination appointments to more than 21,600 employees and learners whose on-site responsibilities involve high-risk exposure to COVID-19. Nearly 18,000 of these have received their first dose, and nearly 16,500 have scheduled their second. It has also vaccinated more than 6,300 patients, starting with those age 75 and over. Altogether, it has administered nearly 35,000 vaccines in its first six weeks of vaccinations. So far, UCSF has seen very few adverse side effects in its vaccination program.
As its supply of COVID-19 vaccines increases, UC San Francisco is expanding its vaccination efforts to those most at risk – the elderly and health care workers in the community.
Since the delivery of its first shipment of vaccines in mid-December, teams across UCSF have been working diligently to vaccinate UCSF employees and learners by prioritizing those at highest risk for contracting the virus while working on site.
Implementing this complex, multi-phased vaccination program has involved a tremendous team effort, while operating with a few days’ of vaccine doses at a time and amid uncertainty about future shipments. The multi-disciplinary team meets daily to evaluate the current vaccine supply and to decide who will be included in future rounds of vaccinations based on state and federal guidelines
UCSF leaders emphasize that over the months ahead, all members of the UCSF community will have an opportunity to be vaccinated. All faculty, staff, learners and patients are encouraged to be vaccinated when it’s their turn. Importantly, everyone should continue to follow public health orders, such as wearing face coverings, washing hands, maintaining physical distancing and completing the daily health screening before coming on campus.
To date, UCSF has offered vaccination appointments to more than 21,600 employees and learners whose on-site responsibilities involve high-risk exposure to COVID-19. Nearly 18,000 of these have received their first dose, and nearly 16,500 have scheduled their second. It has also vaccinated more than 6,300 patients, starting with those age 75 and over. Altogether, it has administered nearly 35,000 vaccines in its first six weeks of vaccinations. So far, UCSF has seen very few adverse side effects in its vaccination program.
