Lessons Learned from the COVID-19 Vaccination Campaigns in Veneto Region: Population Vaccination Centers as Support for the Traditional Outpatient Model
Sandro Cinquetti,
Anna De Polo,
Vincenzo Marcotrigiano,
Marica Battistin,
Erica Bino,
Giulia De Mattia,
Jacopo Fagherazzi,
Nahuel Fiorito,
Mattia Manzi,
Anna Voltolini,
Martina Mognato,
Christian Napoli
Affiliations
Sandro Cinquetti
Prevention Department, Local Health Authority “ULSS 1 Dolomiti”, 32100 Belluno, Italy
Anna De Polo
Hygiene and Public Health Service, Prevention Department, Local Health Authority “ULSS 2 Marca Trevigiana”, 31100 Treviso, Italy
Vincenzo Marcotrigiano
Prevention Department, Local Health Authority “ULSS 1 Dolomiti”, 32100 Belluno, Italy
Marica Battistin
Hygiene and Public Health Service, Prevention Department, Local Health Authority “ULSS 1 Dolomiti”, 32100 Belluno, Italy
Erica Bino
Epidemiology Service, Prevention Department, Local Health Authority “ULSS 1 Dolomiti”, 32100 Belluno, Italy
Giulia De Mattia
Prevention Department, Provincial Authority for Health Services, “APSS” Autonomous Province of Trento, 38123 Trento, Italy
Jacopo Fagherazzi
Hygiene and Public Health Service, Prevention Department, Local Health Authority “ULSS 1 Dolomiti”, 32100 Belluno, Italy
Nahuel Fiorito
Hygiene and Public Health Service, Prevention Department, Local Health Authority “ULSS 1 Dolomiti”, 32100 Belluno, Italy
Mattia Manzi
Hygiene and Public Health Service, Prevention Department, Local Health Authority “ULSS 1 Dolomiti”, 32100 Belluno, Italy
Anna Voltolini
Postgraduate Specialization in Hygiene and Preventive Medicine, Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padua, 35122 Padua, Italy
Martina Mognato
Hygiene and Public Health Service, Prevention Department, Local Health Authority “ULSS 1 Dolomiti”, 32100 Belluno, Italy
Christian Napoli
Department of Medical Surgical Sciences and Translational Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy
The extraordinary vaccination campaigns of the COVID-19 pandemic era put organizational and operational systems to the test in numerous territorial contexts. In the Veneto region, the activation of population vaccination centers (CVPs) guaranteed the provision of vaccines to mountain areas. These centers, drive-in and building-based, improved the efficiency of dose administration in relation to similar conditions where healthcare workers (HCWs) were routinely involved in clinics. Overall, a comparison of the two models investigated, with the same numbers of HCWs involved and the same opening hours for the vaccination sites, has shown that the CVPs are able to guarantee three times as many vaccines administered, compared with the traditional outpatient model. This study aims to provide a detailed analysis of the adopted organizational model, highlighting the best practices and improvements required to guarantee a timely and effective public health response, and evaluating the opportunities to deploy these innovative methods actively in a standard context.
