THE Queensland Pharmacist
Immunisation Pilot (QPIP) has hit
its goal of 10,000 vaccinations
performed, organisers have said.
Presenting at CPExpo last week,
Pharmaceutical Society of Australia
Queensland branch director
Michelle Rosenthal outlined the
requirements for pharmacies and
pharmacists involved in the pilot,
including that pharmacies needed
to have had private facilities
for vaccination and at least two
pharmacists on duty at all times.
Pharmacists needed to have
current First Aid and CPR training
and appropriate training in regard
to giving vaccinations, both of
which the pharmacist paid for, she
said, with training for the pilot cost
$295 and 157 pharmacists had
been trained across 80 pharmacies.
There was particular emphasis
on anaphylaxis training, she
said, including role playing and
Australasian Society of Clinical
Immunology and Allergy (ASCIA)
training.
Branch president Dr Lisa Nissen
said she thought the QPIP results
would likely tally with a UK
study which found 22% of those
vaccinated by a pharmacist had
been eligible for free vaccinations
but had opted to pay anyway,
and that this was primarily due to
convenience.
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