Analysis of School-Day Disruption of Administering School-Located Vaccination to Children in Three Local Areas, 2012-2013 School Year.
Ben Yarnoff, Laura Danielle Wagner, Amanda A Honeycutt and 1 others
PMID 34405720WHAT IT FOUND
Students spent an average of 10 minutes away from class for school vaccination clinics.
Nasal spray vaccine took 52.5 seconds to administer, and injection took 101.7 seconds.
Key findings
01Students spent an average of 10 minutes away from class to attend a school vaccination clinic, with a median of 8.0 minutes.
02Students vaccinated as a group spent 10.5 minutes away from class on average, while students vaccinated individually spent 5.5 minutes.
03Nasal spray vaccine took an average of 52.5 seconds to administer, and injection took an average of 101.7 seconds.
STILL TO COME
How it was doneWhat they foundWhat it means for RNs
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What it does not show
The study included only three health department programs and 15 schools, so it may not reflect other clinics. Participating programs were well-established, so they may be more efficient than newer programs. Data collection differed by health department; one recorded time in whole minutes and another excluded two schools because group size was not tracked. The students timed for classroom absence were different from the students timed for vaccine administration, so the two parts cannot be combined into one total time. No student or school demographics were collected, and high-school students were not included. The injection sample was small, so the grade difference for injection may not hold in larger samples.
Declared interests
The authors declared no potential conflicts of interest.
The easy way to misread this
Do not assume these influenza clinic times apply directly to COVID-19 vaccination or that school nurse preparation was shown to reduce time. The study measured 2012-2013 influenza clinics, did not test nurse preparation, and states COVID-19 vaccination requires a minimum 15-minute postvaccination observation period.