Federal Pharmacy Forum

Federal Pharmacy Forum: The Federal COVID-19 Vaccine Response: Planning and Implementing the Allocation, Distribution, Administration, and Reporting of COVID-19 Vaccines

Friday, March 12, 2021

4:00 PM – 5:00 PM ET

Location: Live

CE: 1

Learning Level: 2
Activity Type: Knowledge-Based
ACPE Number: 0202-0000-21-060-H06-P, 0202-0000-21-060-L06-P
Number of Hours: 1

Speaker(s)

Brandon W. Hardin, PharmD

BUMED Pharmacy Consultant and Specialty Leader
Navy
Alexandria, Virginia, United States

Disclosure: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Presentation PDF

CAPT Brandon Hardin, PharmD, U.S. Navy Pharmacy Specialty Leader and Pharmacy Consultant to the Navy Surgeon General will present on the topic of the Federal COVID-19 Vaccine Response. He will describe his role and activities while assigned to the Vaccine Planning Unit and Vaccine Implementation Unit within the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention’s COVID-19 Vaccine Task Force, in support of Operation Warp Speed. These planning and implementation units were focused on supporting the 64 jurisdictions in developing and implementing the allocation, distribution, administration and tracking of safe and effective vaccines to the US population.

Learning Objectives:

Describe the COVID-19 Federal Response’s key tenants of the vaccine distribution process, which leveraged existing networks, processes and partnerships.
Describe the overall organization of Vaccine Task Force, which included federal pharmacists in varied and key roles throughout the response, leveraging the clinical, supply chain, and product handling and storage expertise that federal pharmacists can provide.
Describe the federal-level coordination of the complex processes involved in vaccine authorization process, and how the rigorous planning and preparation allowed for vaccine distribution within hours of emergency use authorization.