Assessment of the first 5 years of pharmacist-administered vaccinations in Australia: learnings to inform expansion of services

Autor: Cyra Patel, Kaitlyn Vette, Lauren Dalton, Aditi Dey, Alexandra Hendry, Brynley Hull, Peter McIntyre, Kristine Macartney, Frank Beard
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Public Health Research & Practice, Vol 34, Iss 3 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2204-2091
DOI: 10.17061/phrp3432420
Popis: 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. Methods: We analysed data on pharmacist-administered vaccinations that were reported to the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR) between 2016 and 2019, categorised by gender, jurisdiction, age group and vaccine type. We conducted a national survey of community pharmacists providing vaccination services during June and July 2020 to understand how pharmacists record and report vaccinations to the AIR. We assessed data completeness by comparing the number of vaccinations reported by surveyed pharmacists to the number recorded on the AIR. Results: 576 780 pharmacist-administered vaccinations were recorded on the AIR between 2016 and 2019, of which 94.7% were influenza vaccines. The proportion of vaccinations given by pharmacists increased each year, from
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