I've been working weekends as a nurse vaccinator in #ldnont. With more and more people getting appointments now I thought I would share 5 top tips you should know in advance of your vaccine appointment:
1) Arrive for your appointment time (or just a couple mins early). Back-ups happen when many people choose to arrive a different amount of time early (30 mins, 45 mins, 60 mins). We create our own lines by arriving at a time that isn't our appointment time so just be on time.
2) Fill out your consent form in advance by printing it at home. Your longest wait points are check-in and check-out, the actual vaccination is quite quick. You will speed up the process by having the completed form with you.
3) Understand the difference between medication reactions, allergies, and major anaphylactic allergies. We spend a lot of time talking about the 1st but are mostly concerned about the 3rd. Speed up your appointment by skipping that codeine makes your stomach sick.
4) For any medication or medical condition you can think of that may raise a question about your eligibility, talk to you primary care health provider in advance. Yes, we can trouble-shoot this with you on site but it's way faster if you already have permission from your provider
5) All that said, do ask us questions! We love answering your questions and given we take time to enter some things on the iPad for each dose anyways, a bit of chit chat will not delay things as all. I love the chance to share the things we are learning.
So, as the sites in London get geared up to administer 2,000+ doses a day, we need your help to make appointments run quickly and smoothly.
Just a clarification on #3 - the example of codeine is of a common side effect to distinguish from an allergy (abnormal immune response). If you have reacted in a way to a medication and don't know if it was an allergy or side effect, definitely tell your vaccinator.
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