COVID-19 Vaccine & Testing Frequently Asked Questions

As of May 1, the primary location for COVID vaccination is our store, Island Prescription Center.

While we may schedule offsite clinics, unless it’s a second vaccine which will be at the same location as the first shot, all vaccines are being given at the store located at 1728 Grand Island Blvd, Grand Island, NY.

Previous clinics were held at Cornerstone Church and Grand Island Knights of Columbus.

Everyone 65 or over has a Medicare number and it’s NOT your social security number.

Call (800) 633-4227 if you don’t have your number or red/white/blue card.

• Wear a short sleeved shirt
• If you are 65 or older bring your red/white/blue Medicare card; if you are under 65 bring your prescription drug coverage card
• Driver’s License
• Completed forms
• Facial coverings are required

Your second vaccination will be scheduled when you check in.

Simply signing up for our waiting list doesn’t necessarily mean that you’re eligible to receive a vaccine. Criteria changes.

“Am I Eligible” checks your eligibility as you answer questions then results in a success page if you are indeed eligible.

Bring a print or photo of that success page to your vaccine and present it to our reception team.

Scheduling a vaccine appointment at Island Prescription Center is completed on our website using the limited use link provided in your email, not on “Am I Eligible?”

If you don’t have access to a printer, either stop at our drive thru window prior to your scheduled vaccine day to obtain paperwork and complete before your vaccine time or we’ll have forms when you come for the vaccine.

You may take a picture of your “Am I Eligible?” form and bring to your vaccine appointment.

Use your smartphone to follow-up after receiving your vaccine with the CDC smartphone app, v-safe.

Call the Island Prescription Center COVID Hotline at (716) 994-5338. If we can’t immediately answer, be sure to leave a message and we’ll get back to you as soon as possible.

1. Please pull into one of the three(3) designated parking spots in the front of the store lined with cones. Please arrive promptly, not early or late. If a parking spot is not available, please wait elsewhere in the lot, as it will be shortly.
2. Stay in your car with your mask covering your nose and mouth. One of our staff will come out to you to retrieve your paperwork and give you a number to place on the dashboard.
3. After reviewing your paperwork a trained associate will come out and retrieve a nasopharyngeal sample from you and place it in a reagent solution.
4. Your sample will then be returned into the pharmacy to the testing area and the process completed there. Please remain in your parked car during this time.
5. When your test is complete, an associate will come out to review your results with you. You will be given a written copy of the test results for your reference along with instructions based on the results.

Along with yourself, wearing a mask covering your mouth and nose, please bring two items you:

1. Your completed paperwork. If you don’t have access to a printer, please stop at our drive thru window prior to your scheduled test day to obtain paperwork and complete before your appointment time.
2. Photo ID

You will leave with a written copy of your test results along with instructions based on the results.

If you don’t have access to a printer, please stop at our drive thru window prior to your scheduled test day to obtain paperwork and complete before your appointment time.

We’re currently experiencing problems with appointments scheduled on mobile devices, please call our COVID HOTLINE at (716) 994-533 for appointment confirmation.

It can take up to approximately 15 minutes to receive your email confirmation.

Check the Spam or Junk folder. If our email address isn’t in your Contacts, the email may be filtered. That’s probably where it is.

After checking your Spam or Junk folder and waiting approximately 15 minutes, please call our COVID HOTLINE at (716) 994-5338.

Purpose Antigen tests are an important part of the COVID-19 public health emergency response strategy as these tests are relatively inexpensive and can be used at the point-of-care. However, they are generally less sensitive than PCR testing. The New York State Department of Health (DOH) provides these recommendations to support the effective use of antigen tests for different testing situations to ensure the most appropriate interpretation of antigen test results, which is important for accurate clinical and public health management.

Recommended Use:

• Use to test individuals when there is an outbreak in a public setting or environment
• Use to test residents and employees in nursing homes and adult care facilities regardless of outbreak status.
• Congregate facilities include nursing homes, assisted-living facilities, long-term-care facilities, and other health or social facilities such as day programs.
• Congregate settings include schools, colleges, universities and other educational settings, workplaces, and other sites where people gather.
• All antigen test results must be reported to ECLRS.

Considerations When Testing Individuals When There Is an Outbreak in a Public Setting

• If a symptomatic or asymptomatic individual has a Positive antigen test result, no confirmatory testing is needed. The individual must be isolated and contact tracing must be initiated immediately.
• If a symptomatic individual has a negative antigen test result, perform confirmatory laboratory-based RT-PCR test immediately and test for other respiratory pathogens. Quarantine until RT-PCR results are obtained and stay home from school or work. If confirmatory laboratory-based RT-PCR is positive, continue isolation and immediately initiate contact tracing. If confirmatory laboratory-based RT-PCR is negative discontinue quarantine.
• If an asymptomatic individual has a negative antigen test result, consider confirmatory laboratory-based PT-PCR test within 48 hours. If confirmatory laboratory-based RT-PCR is positive, isolate and initiate contact tracing immediately. If confirmatory laboratory-based RT-PCR is negative, discontinue isolation.

An antigen test costs $50, a PCR test costs $100. Payment is via PayPal or major credit card online when your appointment is reserved.

Call the Island Prescription Center COVID Hotline at (716) 994-5338. If we can’t immediately answer, be sure to leave a message and we’ll get back to you as soon as possible.