Public Health Grey Bruce says it has set a record for Canada’s largest ever COVID-19 vaccine clinic.
In a release, the Health Unit says it administered 3,498 vaccines at the Hockey Hub mass immunization system in Hanover Wednesday.
The Health Unit says, “To our knowledge, this is the largest volume single-day mass immunization event in Canada.”
On average, the Hockey Hub mass immunization system vaccinated 350 people per hour.
The Hockey Hub system was developed by Grey Bruce Medical Officer of Health Dr. Ian Arra. The concept
has been adopted by a number of Health Units across Ontario as well as the Provinces of Manitoba and Alberta.
Clinic staffing included 5 vaccinators working at all times (including one volunteer physician), serving five rows of 30 pods each, total 150 vaccine pods.
An additional ten staff were reconstituting vaccine, mixing and drawing into syringes. There were eight registration desks and 20 volunteers inside (3 four-hour shifts), 10 Town volunteers coordinating parking outdoors.
Four Grey County EMS volunteers assisted in both clinical and non-clinical capacities.
Clinic hours were 8:30am to 6:30pm.
As well as the Hockey Hub in Hanover, three additional smaller local traditional clinics in Grey Bruce administered another 282 doses, for a total of 3780 doses administered in the day.