Perceptions of pharmacy technician students of the CARD (Comfort Ask Relax Distract) e-module introduced as part of vaccine injection training.

Introduction: The scope of practice for pharmacy technicians is expanding to include vaccine administration in some provinces. Vaccine training courses and programs currently do not include education about mitigating immunization stress-related responses (ISRR) and improving the vaccination experience. We obtained feedback from pharmacy technician students about a new e-module that addresses this identified knowledge gap, whereby learners are educated about CARD (Comfort Ask Relax Distract), a vaccine delivery framework that reduces ISRR and improves the vaccination experience.

A randomized trial of the effect of vaccine injection speed on acute pain in infants.

Objective: This study compared the pain caused from fast vs. slow vaccine injections.

Methods: Infants aged 2-6months receiving primary immunizations were randomized to fast (2-4mL/s) or slow (5-10mL/s) injections during routine 0.