Page 12 - REAL ISSUES FOR COVID-19 VACCINE IMMUNIZATION & Pregnancy, Breastfeeding Mothers

Collaboration

For collaboration with other agencies, the Person in Charge needs to ensure their staff
(vaccine recipients) in the line listing can comply to the designated vaccination appointment
date and time. The police will escort the vaccine from PSV to PPV to ensure the safety and
security of the vaccines.

Technology

As mentioned earlier, for vaccine recipients’ briefing, we use pre-recorded video with slides.
We also provided a dedicated MyVAS helpdesk for those who may have problems with
MySejahtera application. It is important to have an adequate number of laptops, and stable
internet connection. In our case, we used a mobile broadband.

Line Listing

For the line listing, the Person in Charge needs to understand the selection criteria of priority
group as they need to sort out who needs to be injected first. In our experience, the
arrangement of priority group has been done well. The list started with the healthcare
workers, followed by the group of at-risk front liners and those working in high-risk
institutions like prison and nursing homes. For a backup list of vaccine recipients, they are
also selected from the priority groups.

Management of Immediate Side Effects

We prepared materials like printed algorithms for the management of anaphylaxis as well as
the Adverse Event Following Immunization (AEFI) and Adverse Drug Reactions (ADR)
forms to facilitate the staff in charge of the observation station, if there is a case of immediate
side effects.