CDC Offers August 9 RealOpt© Training on Vaccination and Point-of-Dispensing (POD) Sites – The next CDC virtual instructor-led RealOpt© training session on vaccination and point-of-dispensing (POD) sites will be held on Monday, August 9. Participants will learn the basic components of RealOpt©, a computer modeling program that determines POD or vaccination site staff requirements and examines process efficiencies based on site-specific configurations. With this tool, participants will learn to manipulate existing POD and vaccine flow models and how to run and interpret the performance reports. By the end of the session, participants will have learned how to build or modify their own models to identify where staff should be allocated and how to eliminate bottlenecks and optimize processing times.
Registration for the RealOpt© training session is completed through CDC TRAIN. Please note the training registration deadline is seven days prior to the course delivery date. An additional training session will be held on Thursday, September 16.
This webinar will detail the experiences of the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) while implementing a responder safety and health program to protect its staff during the COVID-19 response. CDPH presenters Armando Chevez, Danny Kwon, and Svetlana Smorodinsky will describe their approach for identifying responder safety and health gaps and implementing the Emergency Responder Health Monitoring and Surveillance (ERHMS) framework into CDPH’s incident management structure. Presenters will also discuss coordinating across centers to improve responder safety protocols and lessons they learned in rostering, tracking, and monitoring deployed staff. Following is the participant information, which includes an updated web link and dial-in information.
Dial-In: (669) 254-5252 (Audio only), Meeting ID: 1612411865, Passcode: 569595, Web Link: https://www.zoomgov.com/j/1612411865
CDC’s Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity (ELC) will be administering $200 million in a program-initiated component funding award, known as Data Modernization – COVID. The goal of this award is to accelerate ELC recipients’ core data modernization infrastructure, implementation of electronic case reporting (eCR), and modernization of the National Vital Statistics System (NVSS). Please see the guidance ( linked here) for details, which was sent to recipients, officially, through GrantSolutions via a Grant Note.
The ELC Team will host an informational webinar on Wednesday, August 11 at 3:00 pm EDT to review this guidance. The event will feature subject matter expert perspectives, a Q&A session, and will be available afterwards as a download. Call information is available below:
Weblink: https://cdc.zoomgov.com/j/1602567680?pwd=NXpkUytvNW1lMlVidkpCcld6Nkt6dz09
Web Passcode: 7=jARHpb
Phone: (669) 254 5252 or (646) 828 7666 or (551) 285 1373 or (669) 216 1590
Meeting ID: 160 256 7680
Phone Passcode: 71401315
One-tap Mobile: +16692545252,,1602567680#,,,,*71401315# or +16468287666,,1602567680#,,,,*71401315#
Breaking through to those who are still reluctant to be vaccinated has become increasingly difficult. HHS and CDC will lead a call sharing latest messaging strategies and resources, including new methods to address vaccine misinformation and reach underserved populations. CDC resources on new tactics to build vaccine confidence and demand will also be discussed. Time will be set aside for questions and reflections around best practices from you and your peers around the country.
To join Zoom meeting, click here.
Passcode: g!52Pn^P
CDC COCA Call: Additional mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines for Moderately to Severely Immunocompromised People – During this COCA Call, presenters will discuss the current data on COVID-19 vaccines in immunocompromised people; the role of additional doses of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines, patients who should be considered to receive these additional COVID-19 vaccine doses, results from the August 13, 2021, Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) meeting, and CDC’s guidance on additional COVID-19 doses in immunocompromised people.
The Houston Health Department (HHD), Rice University, and CDC Foundation will host a three-part webinar series detailing HHD’s wastewater surveillance program for SARS-CoV-2.
No registration is necessary. Webinar information is the same for all three seminars, and is available below:
- Weblink: https://riceuniversity.zoom.us/j/7185583212?pwd=WHhZV2l4bGhoaC81OFpzUFlHS0pJZz09
- Meeting ID: 718 558 3212
- Passcode: wwoffhrs
The Latinx Voces en Salud Campaign will host a virtual town hall in both English and Spanish for community conversations about COVID-19 vaccines and school reopening. Community advocates and medical experts will engage in an open conversation to address concerns and answer questions about the COVID-19 vaccine and school reopening guidelines. Registration is required and available via this link.
This bootcamp will provide guidance on how to conduct a rapid community assessment to identify perceptions of and barriers to COVID-19 vaccine confidence and demand in communities of focus and how to address those barriers with recommended strategies. Pre-registration is required and is available here. Registration closes Friday, August 20, 2021 @ 8PM ET