Photo by Tywanna Sparks | Fort Riley Public Affairs Office | 12.15.2020
Lt. Col. Bryce Meyers, Irwin Army Community Hospital director of medical services, explains the expected side effects of a COVID-19 vaccine and the response efforts in the rare event a vaccinated person has a severe allergic reaction. (U.S. Army Photo/Tywanna Sparks)...
Photo by Tywanna Sparks | Fort Riley Public Affairs Office | 12.15.2020
Maj. Gen. D. A. Sims II, 1st Infantry Division and Fort Riley commanding general, compares the vaccine operation to the start of the end of a war and the landing on the beaches of Normandy by the 1st Infantry Division on D-Day, following his review of Irwin Army Community Hospital’s COVID-19 vaccine operation. (U.S. Army Photo/Tywanna Sparks)...
Photo by Collen McGee | Fort Riley Public Affairs Office | 12.15.2020
The 1st Infantry Division and Fort Riley commanding general goes through each station of IACH’s COVID-19 vaccination plan. (U.S. Army Photo/Tywanna Sparks)...
Photo by Tywanna Sparks | Fort Riley Public Affairs Office | 12.14.2020
After diluting a vial’s contents a COVID-19 vaccine must be gently inverted 10 times to mix. Technicians must record the time of dilution on a label to ensure vaccine is administered within six hours. (U.S. Army Photo/Tywanna Sparks)...
Photo by Collen McGee | Fort Riley Public Affairs Office | 12.14.2020
Staff Sgt. Courtney Dunn, an Irwin Army Community Hospital pharmacy technician, rehearses the process of inverting a mock thawed vaccine vial gently 10 times before dilution, according to a manufacturer’s COVID-19 vaccine product. Vials are stored in an ultra-low temperature freezer, thawed, diluted and used within six hours of dilution. (U.S. Army Photo/Tywanna Sparks)...
