NSW pharmacist flu vax
March 18, 2014
The Pharmacy Guild of Australia
NSW branch are in talks with
local government to approve a
training accreditation process, in
order to enable the “tweaking”
of regulations to allow NSW
pharmacists to administer influenza
vaccinations.
Branch director Ryan Fletcher
said a vaccination training program
which took place at the NSW
Guild Convention in Sydney was
in preparation and anticipation of
the “very positive” discussions with
the government coming to an end
soon.
Seventy people participated
in the training, administered
by vaccination nurses, with 69
completing it successfully, he said.
Ideally, the branch would like
to implement pharmacist flu
vaccinations during the current
influenza season but that was
a decision for the government,
Fletcher said.
Having developed the appropriate
clinical training and safeguards, the
NSW branch was looking to target
time poor professionals and people
in rural and regional areas with
limited access to GPs, Fletcher said.
The NSW Business Chamber had
estimated that influenza could
cost up to $400m annually in lost
productivity and the Guild was keen
to address this, he said.
The branch was keen to roll
out further training but wanted
to make sure the appropriate
approvals were in place first, he
said.
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