ALL vaccines administered by pharmacists across Australia are being appropriately recorded, Pharmacy Guild of Australia Vice President, Trent Twomey, says.
Responding to the NCIRS Review of pharmacist vaccination reporting to the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR) report that there was significant under-reporting of vaccines administered by pharmacists (PD 16 Jun), Twomey confirmed "every pharmacy in Australia has provided the immunisation date to Services Australia", during an interview with 7 News last night.
"Services Australia is sitting on a backlog of data, but rest assured if you've seen your community pharmacist this year to receive your [influenza] vaccine it will appear on your register," he said.
Meanwhile, Royal Australian College of General Practice Queensland Chair, Dr Bruce Willet, told the broadcaster the pharmacy was "a less appropriate environment" for immunisation.
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