Reminder: Long-term care facility booster clinic request form deadline

 

To: Residential care facilities (Nursing Homes, Assisted Living Facilities, Group Homes, and Intermediate Care Facilities)  From: CDPHE Residential Care Strike Team The deadline to complete the Long Term Care Facility (LTCF) Booster Clinic Request Fall 2022 form is Friday, Oct. 14, 2022. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) will provide one vaccine clinic before November 1, 2022 to facilities that are unable to provide a vaccine clinic on their own or use a community vaccine provider. In addition to the clinic request form, facilities requesting CDPHE assistance to provide a vaccination clinic need to complete the following EMResource question to allow for clinic scheduling. Question: CDPHE COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic Assistance Definition: The RCF Comprehensive Mitigation Guidance requires that facilities offer a COVID-19 vaccine clinic to staff and residents inside their facility within 60 days of any update to CDC’s vaccine recommendations. CDC recommended COVID-19 omicron bivalent booster vaccine doses on Sept. 1, 2022. CDPHE can assist with vaccination clinics for facilities that need it, but encourages all facilities to develop plans with community partners and document that information in the Ongoing COVID-19 Vaccination and Treatment Form. Does your facility require any CDPHE assistance to hold that clinic? Yes: Complete and submit the following form by Oct. 14, 2022 to request CDPHE assistance in providing a COVID-19 vaccine clinic at your facility by copying and pasting the below link into a new browser tab: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfBhN3qGHjdUIzcg7oJw1tzUoCbgTKM9WriXP1Ftro--P1uhw/viewform No: The facility is responsible for providing its own vaccine clinic and should report the vaccine provider they will use in the comments section. After your facility answers YES to this EMResource question AND completes the Long-Term Care Facility: Booster Clinic Request 2022 form, a CDPHE representative will contact your facility to gather the necessary information to schedule the clinic. To prevent communication delays, ensure all contact information listed for your facility in the Colorado Health Facilities Interactive (COHFI) system is accurate.  A designated facility representative needs to quickly connect with a CDPHE representative to begin this process. When you receive contact from CDPHE inquiring about your COVID-19 vaccination needs, answer or return the call or email as soon as possible.   This clinic can be used by both residents and staff to provide the updated omicron bivalent and/or primary COVID-19 vaccine doses. Find out how many doses are needed for residents and staff to provide the highest level of protection by using the COVID-19 Vaccine Dose Calculator.