Fact Sheet - Point Edward High-Output Vaccination Clinic

Point Edward Vaccination Clinic

• In less than 5 days the arena transformed from children having hockey practice on the ice surface to the vaccine clinic being fully built.
• The model was adapted for use in Lambton County at the Point Edward Arena from the model launched in Grey-Bruce by the Grey-Bruce Health Unit and Bruce Power. The clinic in Point Edward moved from the planning stages to active use in less than 2 weeks thanks to the tremendous efforts of staff and community partners.
• 50 clinical and non-clinical staff are required to run the clinic each day.
• The clinic brings together staff from Lambton EMS, Lambton Public Health and Bluewater Health, who are working together daily in the clinic.
• There are 2 lines of pods at this site - 30 pods per line (15 people on each side), which can hold up to 60 people at one time.
• Immunizers move from pod to pod with a target time of 1 minute per vaccination, for a target total time of 15 minutes per row.
• Almost 1000 pieces of artwork from local school children currently line the arena walls.
• The queuing area on the arena floor uses 300 feet of yellow chain, with enough space to queue up to 42 people.
• There are 126 blue physical distancing floor decals throughout the clinic.
• From the main entrance sliding doors to the exit door on the Zamboni side of the arena, a person will travel 706 ft. through the clinic.

Local Immunization Rollout

• A total of 17,925 immunizations have been administered (as of March 25, 2021) – 16,381 first doses, 1,544 second doses. This represents 15% of the total eligible population.
• Number of vaccines delivered to Lambton County to date (as of March 25, 2021): 23,750.

• Priority groups who have already been immunized:
• Residents and staff of long-term care homes
• Residents and staff of high-risk retirement homes
• Residents and staff of regular retirement homes
• Residents and staff of Indigenous Elder Care homes
• Healthcare workers
• Essential caregivers
• Medical First Responders
• Individuals 90+ years of age and older + one in-home caregiver who resides in the same household
• Priority groups currently being immunized:
• Urban Indigenous
• Adult Indigenous
• 80+ years of age and older + one in-home caregiver who resides in the same household
• 75+ years of age and older + one in-home caregiver who resides in the same household
• Recipients of chronic home healthcare
• Lambton Public Health is partnering with four local primary care practice groups on a new pilot project to administer Moderna vaccines to their patients with high-risk chronic health conditions.
• The participating primary care groups are Central Lambton Family Health Team, Twin Bridges Nurse Practitioner Clinic, Rapids Family Health Team, and North Lambton Community Health Centre.
• A small number of doses have been allocated to each of the providers – a total of 2600 doses initially.

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