The Quezon City government has implemented a system to more efficiently inoculate its residents or workers by having them sign up on its Quick Substitution List (QSL), to replace scheduled beneficiaries who are no-shows or did not receive their jabs due to deferment because of medical and other valid reasons.
This system also ensures that all vaccines at a site will be consumed.
Individuals who go to vaccination sites even without prior appointments can register under the QSL. A member of staff will call them back to the vaccination site later in the day to receive their jabs once it becomes clear that scheduled vaccinees won’t arrive or have been advised against taking the jab by doctor-screeners. Signing up in the QSL, however, does not guarantee a vaccination slot on the same day, as it will depend on available vaccines at the site.
“In the afternoon, if there are beneficiaries who fail to show up or were deferred because of high blood pressure, failure to present a medical certificate or other reasons, we will call those in the QSL and invite them to get the shot instead,” said Belmonte.
She said this practice has long been implemented at the Smart Araneta Coliseum megavaccination site and other malls serving as inoculation sites.
Through the QSL system, Belmonte said allocated vaccines for the day are used up and their integrity is not compromised by the need to bring them back to the cold storage facility.
“Having a QSL allows us to immediately utilize all vaccines allotted for the day and in turn, hasten our vaccination drive even if some of the scheduled individuals don’t show up,” she said.
On a daily basis, a total of 10-50 or 10 % of beneficiaries miss their vaccination schedules in the city’s many vaccination sites.
