Telligen’s Vax Hub provides on-demand tools, resources and learning modules related to COVID-19 vaccines.

COVID-19 is a continuously evolving situation. Therefore, it remains critically important to continually check the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) most up-to-date guidance, as well as the guidance from your state and local health department.
On-Demand Video: Don’t be AmBivalent about the Bivalent Boosters

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Don’t be AmBivalent about the Bivalent Boosters: Understanding the Emerging Science Behind the Updated Boosters (57 min. 39 sec.)

Event Description:

Join us for a dynamic free webinar featuring the most current information on the COVID-19 bivalent booster vaccine. Our speaker, Dr. Anuj Mehta, MD, MS, Assistant Professor of Medicine with Denver Health and Hospital Authority will share facts and information on why it’s important to get vaccinated.

This national event is open to all and supports the Biden Administration in urging Americans to get their updated COVID-19 vaccine.

Objectives:

  • Describe the dual role of all vaccines
  • Explain how the bivalent boosters work and why they are important
  • Increase awareness of the “triple-demic” for COVID-19, RSV and influenza
  • Learn how vaccination can play a key role in keeping people safe

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    On-Demand Video: Respiratory Viruses in 2023 — COVID-19, Flu and Beyond

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    Ask An Expert with guest speaker Dr. Michelle Barron: Respiratory Viruses in 2023 — COVID-19, Flu and Beyond (35 min. 2 sec.)

    Event Description: 

    This special Ask an Expert features guest speaker Dr. Michelle Barron.

    Dr. Barron will discuss respiratory viruses with the following objectives:

    • Discuss current epidemiology of respiratory viruses.
    • Discuss role of vaccination in prevention of circulating viruses.
    • Discuss testing and treatment options for COVID-19 and Flu.

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    On-Demand Video: Special Roundtable to Improve COVID-19 Booster Rates

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    Special Roundtable: Improve COVID-19 Booster Rates and Use of Therapeutics by Residents and Staff in Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Settings (56 min. 17 sec.)

    Event Description: 

    This meeting was hosted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Shari Ling MD, and leadership from AMDA, The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This informative roundtable discussion focused on improving COVID-19 booster rates and use of therapeutics by residents and staff in post-acute and long-term care settings.

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    The Facts Behind the Updated COVID-19 Vaccine: Safety and Efficacy

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    Episode 1: Conversations with the CMS CMO – The Facts Behind the Updated COVID-19 Vaccine: Safety and Efficacy

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    12 minutes and 32 seconds

    Description:

    The new bivalent COVID-19 vaccine provides even greater protection against severe illness and death than the original primary series. In this episode, hear from Peter Marks, MD, PhD, director of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Center for Biologics and Research about what makes the new bivalent COVID-19 vaccine different. Get answers to common questions about the updated vaccine and facts about the risks and side effects for the nursing home and long-term care population.

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    Long-term Care Treatment Options for COVID-19

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    Episode 2: Conversations with the CMS CMO – Long-term Care Treatment Options for COVID-19

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    14 minutes and 28 seconds

    Description:

    Several treatment options are available for nursing home residents who are diagnosed with COVID-19. In this episode, learn from John Farley, MD, MPH from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Meg Sullivan, MD, MPH from the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (ASPR) about the risks, benefits and common side effects of these treatments.

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    Programs for COVID-19 Infection Prevention and Vaccination in Nursing Homes

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    Episode 3: Conversations with the CMS CMO – CDC Programs for COVID-19 Infection Prevention and Vaccination in Nursing Homes

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    13 minutes and 22 seconds

    Description:

    Infection prevention and the use of vaccines is key to reducing the spread of COVID-19 in nursing homes and long-term care facilities. In this episode, Nimalie Stone, MD, MS and Arjun Srinivasan, MD from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) discuss CDC programs and collaborations that support nursing home efforts to promote infection prevention and vaccination and how health care providers can access the new vaccine for their facilities.

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    Addressing Vaccine Hesitancy in a High-Turnover Population

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    Episode 4: From the Field – Lessons Learned About Improving COVID-19 Infection Control and Vaccination/Booster Rates

     

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    8 minutes and 33 seconds

    Description:

    High resident turnover challenges skilled nursing facilities as they seek to achieve and maintain high resident COVID-19 booster rates. In this episode, learn how motivational interviewing and education addressed vaccine hesitancy and increased resident COVID-19 booster rates within a high-turnover population.

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    Boosting Vaccine Confidence Using Motivational Interviewing and Peer Ambassadors

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    Episode 5: From the Field – Lessons Learned About Improving COVID-19 Infection Control and Vaccination/Booster Rates

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    9 minutes and 17 seconds

    Description:

    Cultural experiences within a resident population can contribute to vaccine hesitancy. In this episode, learn how motivational interviewing and peer ambassadors helped one California nursing home increase COVID-19 vaccine confidence and its resident COVID-19 booster rate.

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    It Starts with Your Staff: Stopping the Spread of COVID-19

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    Episode 6: From the Field – Lessons Learned About Improving COVID-19 Infection Control and Vaccination/Booster Rates

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    7 minutes and 6 seconds

    Description:

    Nursing home staff play a critical role in preventing COVID-19 spread and mortality in long-term care facilities. In this episode, learn about the infection prevention barriers staff face and what they need to continue doing to be successful in preventing the spread of COVID-19.

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    Best Practices for Cohorting and Infection Prevention

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    Episode 7: From the Field – Lessons Learned About Improving COVID-19 Infection Control and Vaccination/Booster Rates

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    7 minutes and 10 seconds

    Description:

    Understanding how to adapt basic infection prevention practices during a public health emergency like COVID-19 and how to identify residents who need to be cohorted is vital to reducing the spread of COVID-19. In this episode, learn about best practices for cohorting and COVID-19 infection control.

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    A Culturally Inclusive Approach to Address Health Equity and Increase Vaccine Confidence

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    Episode 8: From the Field – Lessons Learned About Improving COVID-19 Infection Control and Vaccination/Booster Rates

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    8 minutes and 56 seconds

    Description:

    Increasing COVID-19 vaccine confidence among culturally diverse populations from a health equity perspective is critical to ensuring uptake of the COVID-19 vaccine and booster. In this episode, learn how the OARS+ Model for Motivational Interviewing and other tools helped one nursing home serving Native American residents increase its resident COVID-19 booster rate.

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    Resources Provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

     

    Conversation Tips to Increase COVID-19 Vaccine Confidence

    This one-page flyer contains tips on increasing COVID-19 vaccine confidence. If you would like to learn more about promoting vaccine confidence, watch Telligen’s Promoting COVID-19 Vaccine Confidence Now with guest speaker, Dr. Leslie Eber.

    Motivational Interviewing

    “Motivational Interviewing (MI) is a collaborative, goal-oriented style of communication with particular attention to the language of change. It is designed to strengthen personal motivation for and commitment to a specific goal by eliciting and exploring the person’s own reasons for change within an atmosphere of acceptance and compassion.”  (Miller & Rollnick, 2013, p. 29)

    Telligen completed a series on Motivational Interviewing, below are the recordings and presentations:

    Motivational Interviewing series – Fishbowl Series

    Part 1: Building Trust and Establishing Relationships

    MI Part 1 Slides

    MI Part 1 Recording (30 min. 22 sec.)

    Part 2: Using your O.A.R.S

    MI Part 2 Slides

    MI Part 2 Recording (30 min. 35 sec.)

    Part 3: Move to Understanding and Action

    MI Part 3 Slides

    MI Part 3 Recording (30 min. 18 sec.)
    On-Demand Series: Ask an Expert with Telligen's Pharmacist

    Watch the previous recordings of Ask an Expert featuring Denton Chancey, PharmD, below:

    On-Demand Series: Ask an Expert with Telligen's Emergency Response Expert

    Watch previous recordings of Ask an Expert featuring Brian Feist, BSN, RN, below:

    On-Demand Series: Ask an Expert with Telligen's Infection Preventionist

    Watch the previous recordings of Ask an Expert featuring Jaime Zapata, CIC, CLSSGB, below:

    On-Demand Series: Ask an Expert Miscellaneous

    Watch the previous recordings of Ask an Expert featuring various Telligen team members below:
    On-Demand Series: Give Your Nursing Home a Boost
    Vaccine Ambassador Program

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends using a Vaccine Ambassador Program to help increase vaccination rates by training individuals to have conversations with people about vaccinations using motivational interviewing techniques. Vaccine Ambassadors disseminate important health information in their communities and share their personal reasons for confidence in vaccines based on real-world experience. Adapted from the lay health advisor model, ambassadors are most effective when they are trusted community members and share similar beliefs and characteristics with their peers.

    Protect Yourself from Long COVID

    Long COVID refers to symptoms that persist for weeks, months or even years after an initial COVID-19 infection. Long COVID can affect anyone, regardless of age or health status. This printable flyer provides an overview of Long COVID, including symptoms, risks and prevention.

    Frequently Asked Questions: COVID-19 Bivalent Booster

    This ready-to-print one page resource answers frequently asked questions about the COVID-19 bivalent booster, including background on the vaccine, possible side effects, the importance of the flu shot, and more.

    Why Long-Term Care Residents Should Get the COVID-19 Bivalent Booster

    It’s important that your COVID-19 vaccinations stay up to date. Vaccine effectiveness wanes over time and new COVID-19 variants continue to emerge. If it’s been a couple months since your last COVID-19 vaccination, it may be time to get a bivalent booster shot. This resource addresses frequently asked questions for long-term care residents and the bivalent booster.

    COVID-19 Vaccination and Therapeutics in PALTC Toolkit

    AMDA-The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine partnered with the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists, the Gerontological Advance Practice Nurses Association, the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, and the American Academy of Physician Assistants/Associates to create this toolkit for clinicians working in post acute and long-term care settings, treating the most vulnerable of our population.

    Myths and Facts About the COVID-19 Bivalent Booster

    Since the introduction of the COVID-19 vaccines, there has been a significant amount of misinformation coming from social media and other sources. With the lives of long term care staff and residents on the line, it’s important that you have the facts you need to make informed decisions around vaccinations.

    This document addresses common myths related to the COVID-19 bivalent booster and is also available in Spanish.

    Find a COVID-19 Vaccine Near You

    Visit vaccines.gov to find a location near you to recieve a COVID-19 vaccine.  You can also call 1-800-232-0233. 

    www.vaccines.gov

     

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