Targeted Vaccinations: Expanded Access in Healthcare Settings

Task Force Finding*

Expanding access increases the availability of vaccines in medical or public health clinic settings in which vaccinations are offered by (1) reducing the distance from the setting to the population; (2) increasing or changing hours during which vaccination services are provided; (3) delivering vaccinations in clinical settings in which they were previously not provided (e.g., emergency departments, inpatient units, or subspecialty clinics); or (4) reducing administrative barriers to obtaining vaccination services within clinics (e.g., developing a “drop-in” clinic or an “express lane” for vaccination services).

The Task Force finds insufficient evidence to determine the effectiveness of this intervention in improving influenza, pneumococcal polysaccharide, or hepatitis B vaccination coverage among high-risk adults because no studies of the effectiveness of this intervention were found.

*From the following publication:

Task Force for Community Preventive Services. Recommendations to improve targeted vaccination coverage among high-risk adults. [PDF - 97KB] Am J Prev Med 2005:28(5S);231-7.

Review completed: February 2002