To Vaccinate or Not to Vaccinate and the use of Evusheld
Date: August 18, 2022
Time: 2:00 PM (Eastern Standard Time)
Speakers:
Dr. Cameron R. Wolfe, MBBS (Hons), MPH, FIDSA, FAST
Associate Professor of Medicine Transplant Infectious Diseases
Duke University Hospital - Duke Transplant Center
Sara Geatrakas, MSN, RN, CCTC
Manager, Organ Transplantation
Hackensack University Medical Center
Learning Objectives:
- Review the background data on COVID vaccination and discuss the ethical challenges with vaccine requirements
- Discuss advantages of a broad requirement for vaccination
- To understand the science and rationales behind the uses of COVID-19 vaccines and the drug EVUSHELD for organ transplant recipients
- To understand the debates and controversies that exist regarding vaccination mandates and prophylaxis use for organ transplant recipients
- Learn from other transplant program's experiences with COVID-19 vaccination and EVUSHELD use