Agreed, that's, for better or worse, my job.
For me 10 doses a day Tuesday through Friday. Demand is dropping fast so will likely stop in the next few weeks. DMs and retail pharmacy low level management are such a joke, They do everything to fill their wallet and kiss ass. Years back had one email photos of employees getting their vaccinations, an obvious hippa violation. That email got recalled. Had another whose bull**** excuses were so bad that I could no longer look at them in the face, Had another try to manipulate corporate customer service follow ups, until corporate came out and stated they would fire anyone for that action.
I am going to cut & paste a few sections from his post...
That’s why you do everything you can to a avoid waste which is to proactively keep a list of people who are interested and call them to come same day to get the vaccine.
DM said to stay late if you need to but don't want to pay OT! He leans on the store managers to recruit store associates to get the vaccine in the afternoons after all the no-shows. I work in an area where shoppers say "f*** this vaccine covid is not dangerous". Its made difficult because lots of these elderly who want the shot were waiting but went to local health department clinics already.
LOL, we should not have to do any of these if we are working on the bench frankly. If CVS of all places has rn and dedicated rph for this its saying a lot.
Why do you even bother working there?? I hope you are interviewing for better. If you are bringing in $40 per vaccine administered you need to be happy with your earnings.
Well has your employer increased their staffing to meet the needs of the new workload? I'll guess no. Typical pharmacy just more and more work. This is why people burn out especially when they take ownership for things far beyond their control.
Yes they have increased staffing. But issue we are facing is different which is retaining good employees but that’s for another thread.
You got me I don't spell check my posts or check the grammar. I don't know where you work but cameras in patient care areas are a huge no no. And it is obvious if you look at who sent the picture, the intent.
I've been saying that we're going to need this for a while now but because of expiration times not laziness. It's getting to the point where pharmacies in my area are going to waste a considerable number of doses.
Public have perception that all you have to do is make an appointment and get your shot. What they don't know that we have to group them in 5, 6, or 10 at a time in order to to do it to avoid waste then they get upset. It will get there eventually, probably after it turns into an annual shot.
Sure but that doesn't really help me when I have 7 extra does at the end of the day because of no shows. I've had days where I've offered the shot to every adult who walked near the pharmacy counter and had no one interested.
I didnt say it would help you....its the perception OUTside that someone sees and the reality we have to deal with on the INside. The general public just sees it advertised as come on in and get your shot....They dont care if they show up on time or not or if they dont show up for their appointment at all. While on the inside we're scrambling for find an arm to make up for them not showing up, cancelling, etc
You toss the wasted syringes in a Sharps container and then do a salvage claim for the total millilitres you are wasting.
