PGLU #BakunaMuna Adopts Paperless Procedure; Hastened Vaccination Time
By: Camille R. Bumatay, PIO and Ma. Ashley A. Ebreo, GPC-ICTU | Photos By: Sonny A. Buenaventura, PIO | Date: August 19, 2021
In just half day, 552 of our kaprobinsiaan have been inoculated by our vaccination team from the Provincial Health Office following our upgrade on our #BakunaMuna Program adopting a paperless vaccination process which kickstarted during the vaccination at the AGORA – Thunderbird Resort, City of San Fernando, La Union on August 19, 2021.
The Provincial Government of La Union (PGLU) vaccination team inoculated kaprobinsiaan belonging to Priority Categories A1 to A4 where out of the 552 individuals, 480 received Sinovac and 72 received AstraZeneca vaccines.
We have provided our vaccinees fast and hassle-free process through the use of the La Union CoViD-19 Vaccination System (LUCOVACS) developed by our very own Information and Communications Technology Unit (ICTU) in the Province.
The system is anchored to the NAPANAM Contact Tracing System and was strictly patterned and in compliance with the Department of Information and Communication Technology and Department of Health (DICT-DOH) requirements and guidelines.
This system has five main key features – Registration, Vital Signs Entry, Health Screening, Inoculation, and Post Monitoring. It also includes the generation of the Vaccine Information Management System – Vaccine Administration System Report that is required by the DICT-DOH to be accomplished and submitted daily.
Further, the system also has the capability to generate a CoViD-19 Vaccination Certificate with a QR Code embedded on it. The computer generated QR Code will give the vaccinee a full detail of their vaccination upon scanning it eliminating fake or tampered vaccination certificates. Moving forward, the ICTU’s Development Team is enhancing the system to enable printing of the Vaccination Card on-site.
During the said vaccination, the duration of an individual vaccination process stressed under 30 minutes turnaround time from registration to printing of certificate which was trimmed down exponentially in comparison to the 1 hour to 30 minutes recorded with forms to be filled-in on-site.
We are looking forward to paperless processes in the conduct of all #BakunaMuna programs of the PGLU vaccination team to facilitate faster vaccination and more vaccinees in a day. Through digital revolution, we also encourage agencies and residents to reduce their carbon footprints for a more sustainable province.
