[UPDATED] Each of the city’s 13 skilled nursing facilities has more than 70% of its residents fully immunized according to a facility audit.

However, the city’s health department audit also found that the percentage of residents who were fully vaccinated and received a booster varies widely across all facilities.

“A single facility reported more than 80% of its residents with booster doses, most facilities have around 50-60% of their residents with a booster dose. The remaining five establishments with a recall rate of less than 40% are contacted to discuss their progress, ”according to a note released last week.

“While PPHD would like to see high rates of increase and will continue to facilitate booster doses, there may be a number of valid medical or other reasons why residents have not yet received a booster, so PPHD will continue to facilitate booster doses. to collect information to help assess which may include people who are medically ineligible, fully vaccinated residents who are not yet eligible for their booster dose, or people who have recently started their first dose and are not still eligible for their recall, ”according to the note.

Since COVID-19 vaccines became available, the city’s health department has asked long-term care facilities to provide weekly updates on vaccination and booster rates among staff and residents. In anticipation of Omicron, the city’s health department worked after hours and over weekends to audit facility-reported vaccinations and reminders to compare facility self-reported information with the facility’s records system. state vaccination to estimate actual, fully vaccinated and increased rates at these facilities.

Nursing facilities for the elderly are required by the state to provide booster doses to their residents and staff.

The city health department has the capacity to offer an on-site vaccination clinic when absolutely necessary if other avenues for reminders are not available.

The state has contracted pharmacies, including CVS and Rite Aid, to administer booster doses to skilled nursing facilities in need of assistance.

The city health department has confirmed that every local senior nursing facility in Pasadena has been offered this resource.

“To our knowledge, Pasadena is the only jurisdiction in the state to take this detailed approach that verifies the facility’s self-assessment, which we believe will help us focus resources where they are most needed. and to ensure that establishments report as required, ”according to the memo signed by Deputy Director General Nick Rodriguez.