This toolkit is a collection of resources that can aid mobile clinics in their response to COVID-19. It includes resources about essential topics like safety and infection control and the “soft skills” necessary to adapt during times of crisis. The COVID-19 pandemic is an evolving situation and best practices may change as new information becomes available. Check back often as more resources are added.
Thank you to The Leon Lowenstein Foundation for funding this project.
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services will begin covering up to 8 free over-the-counter COVID-19 tests each month starting in early sprint. This new initiaitve will enable payment from Medicare directly to particpating pharmacies to allow Medicare beneficiaries to pick up tests at no cost.
The CDC recently updated it recommendations saying that N95, KN95 and other disposable masks are more effective than cloth masks. The cost can add up! Can you safely reuse them? This article explains the steps needed to resue masks amd can be helpful for your staff to reduce waste and costs -a win win. this might also be helpful to share with cleints who are concerns about cost and avaiability of getting proper masks.
This is a printable poster that reminds us to keep our vaccine record card safe, where we may need to show it, and how to get a replacement if necessary.
Recent recommendations have stated that wearing just a cloth mask alone is not enough to protect you from the Omicron variant. "We need to be wearing at least a three-ply surgical mask,"
This week we would like to celebrate the efforts of The Night Ministry’s Street Medicine team of health care providers, social workers, and outreach professionals that bring care directly to medically underserved areas throughout Chicago. The struggles of the COVID-19 pandemic have resulted in a sharp uptick in opioid-related overdoses and deaths, especially amongst Chicago’s local homeless populations.
As COVID-19 vaccine distribution efforts continue, older adults and individuals with disabilities may still face challenges to accessing the vaccine or reaching vaccination sites. These resources from the CDC outline key considerations and examples to ensure more equitable and accessible distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine, especially for populations of older adults and people with disabilities.
Social media can be a useful tool to distribute your mobile clinic's messages and engage with the local community. This guide describes strategies and practical steps to increase your media presence on platforms such as Facebook, Whatsapp, Instagram, Tik Tok, and Google.
"When can my child get vaccinated?" This is a question that is on a lot of people's minds right now. While there is no set timeline for when this can happen, this page from the Boston Children's Hospital explains what is currently in the works for approving the vaccine in children.
Utilizing social media can help your mobile clinic to spread its message and educate local communities about key COVID-19 vaccine developments.
Social media allows professionals in the health care industry to amplify their voices to a much larger audience.
Monterey county unveils mobile COVID-19 Clinic providing free rapid PCR tests. They are free and traveling to rural and underserved areas in their new mobile rapid Lab - offering all vaccines and PCR tests - emailed within minutes, not days.
Read MoreThis is a printable poster that reminds us to keep our vaccine record card safe, where we may need to show it, and how to get a replacement if necessary.
Read MoreThis short article and video highlight how a Harvard doctor and medical student decided to increase vaccination rates in underserved neighborhoods in Boston by founding GOTVax. They use tactics from the organization Get Out to Vote in order to reach community members. The methods used by GOTVax may be helpful for future mobile clinics trying to increase vaccination rates and make vaccines more accessible.
Read MoreMadison, Wisconsin’s vaccinated population coverage reaches 70%; however, racial disparities are present. Mobile health clinics are being used to help combat these disparities.
Read MoreFootball player Jonathan Ward is giving back to his community in Kankakee working with it's mobile clinic to provide the Pfizer vaccine free of charge to patients before going back for his second NFL season with the Arizona Cardinals.
Read MoreThe Sarasota NAACP chapter is working with a ministry from Miami to bring COVID vaccines via mobile clinics to communities of color.
Read MoreThe this an example of a press release that the Virginia Department of Health’s local health districts used to share where and when they will be distributing vaccines from their mobile units.
Read MoreIf your clients have questions about what activities they can participate in safely whether or not they are vaccinated, this color-coded infographic from the CDC clearly shows the risk level of various activities. This poster could be printed and displayed for easy reference.
Read MoreIndividuals ages 12 - 15 are now eligible to get the Pfizer vaccine, which increases the pool of eligible vaccine recipients to 87% of the total US population, covering and additional 17 million children, and comes at a time when people under the age of 18 account for 1 in 5 of every newly reported coronavirus infection.
Read MoreAs COVID-19 vaccine distribution efforts continue, older adults and individuals with disabilities may still face challenges to accessing the vaccine or reaching vaccination sites. These resources from the CDC outline key considerations and examples to ensure more equitable and accessible distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine, especially for populations of older adults and people with disabilities.
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