ONU HealthWise Mobile Clinic Administering COVID-19 Vaccines this Week at Four County Schools

Beginning Wednesday, Feb. 17, Ohio Northern University’s HealthWise Mobile Clinic plans to administer vaccinations to educators at four school districts in Hardin County.

The schedule is as follows:

.Ridgemont Local School District, Mount Victory: Wednesday, Feb. 17, 1:30-3:30 p.m.

.Upper Scioto Valley School District, McGuffey: Thursday, Feb. 18, 7-9 a.m.

.Ada Exempted Village Schools: Friday, Feb. 19, 7-10 a.m.

.Hardin Northern Local School District, Dola: Friday, Feb. 19, 2:30-3:30 p.m.

The vaccinations will be administered in a clinic format, with setup in a gymnasium or cafeteria. Included will be check-in, immunization and mandatory waiting period stations. Student pharmacists will be facilitating each station with pharmacist supervision.

HealthWise Mobile Clinic also will be providing COVID-19 vaccinations for eligible 1B individuals. The first 1B clinic will be held for eligible campus community members on Saturday, Feb. 20.

Continuing Education:

On Monday, March 1, ONU’s Raabe College of Pharmacy will offer an American Pharmacists Association Immunization Continuing Education Course, a certificate training program. Two of the program’s three components will include home-based learning to be completed prior to the March 1 in-person session. The last session will provide hands-on assessment of the intramuscular and subcutaneous injection technique.