Safe management of post vaccination recovery in non-healthcare settings: a rapid summary

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Introduction

We conducted this rapid summary during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic to support those looking to manage people having vaccinations in non-healthcare settings.

Main points

How up to date is this evidence?

We conducted searches for this rapid summary in June 2020 and included evidence from 2009 to 2020.

What we found

We identified five guidelines or operation manuals/tools and one systematic review that highlighted key aspects of post vaccination observation in people attending by foot and those attending drive-through models, and strategies to encourage patients to remain for the full waiting period.  

What this means

This summary may be useful for identifying key issues related to supporting post vaccination recovery in non-healthcare settings. However, it does not provide enough evidence to inform decision-making, as no quality assessment of included studies was undertaken.

Technical information

We carried out a search of academic databases and grey literature to identify and summarise research evidence to answer the following question:

• How could post vaccination recovery (other than clinical management of adverse reactions and anaphylaxis) be safely managed in non-healthcare mass vaccination settings?

Glossary

Systematic review: A review that summarises the evidence on a clearly formulated review question according to a predefined protocol, using systematic and explicit methods to identify, select and appraise relevant studies, and to extract, analyse, collate and report their findings. It may or may not use statistical techniques, such as meta-analysis