Eligible for COVID-19 Booster vaccination

Eligible for COVID-19 Booster vaccination

Overview/Purpose

This protocol allows users to check patients to see if they are eligible for an COVID-19 booster vaccination.

What does it do?

This protocol is available for users to launch manually to check whether patients are eligible for a COVID-19 vaccination. 
  1. You will need to open a patient's records to launch the protocol. 
  2. The protocol can be launched via PCIT OneAdmin template under the eligibility section or separately via F12 Launcher and searching for Eligible for COVID booster. 
  3. There are a number of aspects this protocol checks for (in the background) prior to you seeing a message:
    1. Whether the vaccine has already been administered.
    2. Eligibility criteria
  4. A message will appear (see below screenshots), depending on which route (from the above checks) the protocol has taken.
  5. You can then select an appropriate action from the message displayed

Why is it important?

This protocol will help team members quickly and efficiently identify if a patient is eligible for their COVID-19 booster vaccination. This is important because it saves time within general practice, as well as ensuring accuracy.

What does it look like?

See below screenshot which shows an example of the protocol in use:

1  If the patient being checked is eligible for an COVID-19 vaccination, the below message will show:


2. If the patient being check is eligible and living in a care home, the below message will show: 

3. If the patient being checked is NOT eligible, the below message will show:


4. If the clinician should review the records because the patient might be eligible due conditions, the following message will show: 

There are other messages which can appear when using this protocol, for example, if:
  1. The patient has already received a COVID booster over the last 3 month





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