COVID VACCINE FOR Long Beach SERVICE PROVIDERS AND STAFF
FROM HARBOR REGIONAL CENTER:
Vaccine Scheduling in Long Beach for HRC Staff & Providers
Our physician Dr. Ahoo Sahba has been in contact with the City of Long Beach Public Health Department. If we have a Long Beach office and work with clients in Long Beach, HRC staff can qualify for the vaccination clinics below.
We are interpreting this to include HRC Service Providers with a Long Beach location as well. If not in Long Beach, you still qualify to use the link provided on Tuesday for LA County vaccine registration information sent to you on Tuesday.
We include HRC staff and service providers in this category of health care worker that provides direct services to individuals who may be carrying the COVID-19 virus.
Long Beach is hosting drive-thru mass vaccination clinics known as Points of Dispensing (PODs) for Long Beach healthcare workers and providers. These are closed PODs only open to healthcare workers and providers based in Long Beach.
Long Beach Vaccination Clinics
"We have two days open for you and your teams to come get vaccinated from 10 AM- 5 PM at Cabrillo HS"
Thursday, January 14th https://cw.calvax.org/clinic/private_registration/S4lrjU
Friday, January 15th https://cw.calvax.org/clinic/private_registration/T4hkU8
On the online registration page's Drop-Down menu for Occupation, Select Healthcare-Direct Patient Contact.
It is recommended to use Google Chrome as the site is optimized on this browser.
"Please ensure all personnel has proof of employment as a healthcare worker/provider in Long Beach. We will accept work id, pay stub, or
letter of employment on the official letterhead. Aside from your teams, this link is not to be forwarded on."
Public health recommendations for vaccinated persons:
Protection from the vaccine is not immediate; the vaccine is a 2-dose series and will take 1 to 2 weeks following the second dose to be considered fully vaccinated.
No vaccine is 100% effective.
Given the currently limited information on how well the vaccine works in the general population; how much it may reduce disease, severity, or transmission; and how long protection lasts, vaccinated persons should continue to follow all current guidance to protect themselves and others, including:
Wearing a mask
Staying at least 6 feet away from others
Avoiding crowds
Washing hands often
Following CDC travel guidance
Following quarantine guidance after exposure to someone with COVID-19
Following any applicable workplace or school guidance
Vaccine Update for HRC Staff and Service Providers
January 11, 2021
Beginning today, The remainder of health care workers in tier 2, and now in tier 3, will be able to schedule an appointment for the vaccine.
See Department of Public Health Vaccine Prioritization and Allocation Schedule. LA County is currently in Phase 1A, Tiers 1-3.
Regional Center Health Care Workers are included in Tier 2. A Health Care Worker is defined as anyone who provides direct service to an individual who may have COVID-19.
In-home supportive services workers are also included in Tier 2
Speech Therapists, Occupational Therapists, and Physical Therapists are also eligible under Tier 3.
Anyone in Tier 1-3 providing direct service, including those who work for or with a Regional Center (including staff and service providers), can go to the website and secure an appointment.
http://publichealth.lacounty.gov/acd/ncorona2019/vaccine/hcwsignup/
Providing Documentation
When you go to a Los Angeles County Dept. of Public Health vaccination site, you must bring one of the 4 sets of the documentation listed below to your appointment. If you do not have documentation, you will be asked to return with documentation.
Healthcare worker employee/HRC Staff employee ID badge with a photo, OR
Professional license AND a photo ID, OR
Signed letter from your employer, and for service providers, your regional center on facility letterhead AND a photo ID, OR
Payment stub from a healthcare provider with your name AND a photo ID
HRC is preparing a letter that you can provide showing your association with Harbor Regional Center, which will be sent to you in a follow-up email. If you have one of the other three forms of documentation, you do not need to wait for the letter.
Other supplemental documentation that service providers have available includes:
Purchase Orders/POS Authorizations
Bank Statements showing deposits from a Regional Center
Printout of payment history from eBilling
Bank Statements showing deposits from a Regional Center
Regional Center service agreements, rate letters, Insurance COIs
