Over 60 Ogeechee Tech faculty, staff, students, and family members received COVID-19 vaccinations today during a college sponsored clinic in the Oak Room at the Natural Resources Building on campus.
“Conversations about hosting an on-site internal clinic began last fall,” said Felicia Barefoot, Ogeechee Tech’s Exposure Control Coordinator. “We are incredibly grateful to Ben Ross for serving as our on-site pharmacist and helping our campus community secure their first doses here at OTC.”
The benefit was two-fold for several OTC students. The clinic provided an opportunity for over a dozen students from Practical Nursing, Pharmacy Technology, and Paramedicine programs to gain real-world experience preparing and administering vaccines.
“I had the opportunity to serve in the observation area to make sure we were prepared in case anyone had immediate reactions to the vaccine. It has been really helpful to be able to get practical experience like this while in my program. It makes things easier once you get out into the real world,” said Taylor Rogers, a student in OTC’s Paramedicine program.
Ogeechee Tech partnered with Ben Ross of Forest Heights Pharmacy to administer over 60 doses of the Moderna vaccine to the OTC community between the hours of 1 and 5 pm. The second doses will be administered on May 4th.
