Download full-text PDF |
Source |
---|---|
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4366407 | PMC |
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1715163515569344 | DOI Listing |
Public Health Res Pract
October 2024
National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance, Sydney, NSW, Australia; School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Unlabelled: Objectives and importance of the study: Pharmacist-administered vaccination has expanded in Australia but has not been comprehensively assessed. We aimed to assess the pharmacists' role in vaccination in Australia before and during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the completeness of data on pharmacist-administered immunisations.
Study Type: Cross-sectional study.
Int J Pharm Pract
June 2023
School of Pharmacy, University of Otago, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
Objectives: New Zealand pharmacists have been providing immunisation services since 2011. Literature from other developed countries reports the positive experience of people with community pharmacy immunisation services resulting in expansion of the scope of pharmacy practice. However, there is a dearth of such data in a New Zealand context.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Pharm Pract
June 2024
College of Pharmacy, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, USA.
Pediatricians' offices are primary locations for pediatric influenza vaccination; however, pharmacists are also well-positioned as immunizers. Considering the current COVID-19 pandemic and Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness (PREP) Act, pharmacists' authority to vaccinate children has been recently expanded. We used the de-identified Optum Clinformatics Data Mart database to identify demographic and clinical predictors of pharmacist-administered pediatric influenza vaccination compared with influenza vaccination in pediatricians' offices.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFVaccines (Basel)
August 2022
College of Pharmacy, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI 02881, USA.
In our retrospective cohort study, we evaluated trends in pharmacist-administered pediatric influenza vaccination rates in the United States and corresponding state-level pharmacist pediatric vaccination authorization models, including minimum age requirements, vaccination protocols, and/or prescription requirements. An administrative health claims database was used to capture influenza vaccinations in children less than 18 years old with 1 year of continuous enrollment and joinpoint regression was used to assess trends. Of the 3,937,376 pediatric influenza vaccinations identified over the study period, only 3.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFVaccines (Basel)
March 2022
University of Angers, Inserm, CNRS, MINT, SFR ICAT, F-49000 Angers, France.
Background: COVID-19 vaccines are among the most effective measures to reduce serious illness and death from infection with the highly contagious SARS-CoV-2 virus. To improve vaccine accessibility, pharmacists in France have been authorized to administer COVID-19 vaccinations since March 2021. This study aims to assess satisfaction among French people receiving their COVID-19 vaccination from a community pharmacist.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEnter search terms and have AI summaries delivered each week - change queries or unsubscribe any time!