Alice Peck Day Recognized for Excellence in Vaccination

Lebanon — The New Hampshire Immunization Program recently recognized Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital for excellence in influenza vaccination and nurse Holly Beam, who works in APD’s primary care, for excellence in vaccine management. 

APD’s primary care was recognized as a champion for implementing an influenza vaccination program in the hospital. In 2017, 98.4 percent of APD employees received the flu vaccine.

Beam was recognized for her work in vaccine management addressing temperature excursions for vaccines. In 2016, APD announced that 827 pediatric patients might have received ineffective vaccinations due to issues with the temperature of those vaccines. Beam addressed this by creating a process that randomly selected staff to walk through the protocol for addressing temperature variations. The initial mock drill event has been incorporated into the primary care’s yearly competencies and new employee trainings.

“We are very proud of Holly’s work and for being recognized as a primary care clinic dedicated to influenza vaccination,” Shelley Friedman, clinical manager of APD primary care and women’s care, said in a news release.

Both Beam and APD were honored at the NHIP Immunization Conference on March 21, 2018, in Manchester.