Nursing Homes Prep for Staff Vaccine Mandate, Booster Shots

Aug. 19, 2021, 7:30 PM UTC

The nursing home industry is dealing with the familiar and the unknown as it prepares for the dual challenge of providing Covid-19 booster shots for residents and mandatory vaccinations for staff.

The nation’s long-term care pharmacies have been providing shots for new residents and staff since Walgreens and CVS completed their on-site nursing home vaccination clinics under the federal Pharmacy Partnership for Long-Term Care Program.

“It appears they’re going to keep that supply chain intact, and facilities will just reach out to their pharmacy” for the booster shots, Chad Worz, chief executive of the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists, ...

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