|Articles|January 28, 2021

How to Keep Health Care Workers Safe While Administering the COVID-19 Vaccine

Pharmacy Times interviewed Rob LaHayne, CEO of TouchCare, on how pharmacies and other health care setting can keep their employees and patients safe as they administer the COVID-19 vaccine.

Pharmacy Times^® interviewed Rob LaHayne, the CEO of TouchCare, on how pharmacies and other health care setting can keep their employees and patients safe as they administer the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine.

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