THIS week's contributor is Judy Mather, Network Partner, TerryWhite Chemmart Waroona, WA: Our first week as Covid-19 vaccinators
I AM enormously proud to be one of the first pharmacists across the country to offer the Covid-19 vaccine to my community as part of the rural rollout in WA.
Within 10 minutes of advertising the service, we received 8 bookings and 3 walk-ins with spaces filling up steadily for the next few weeks.
We have received numerous enquiries regarding the vaccine itself presenting us with a great opportunity to address vaccine hesitancy. The training materials provided by TerryWhite Chemmart were incredibly helpful in this regard.
The support from TWC and across the broader industry has helped us prepare for the launch - sourcing the necessary consumables, checking our systems and training were up to date and ensuring our team felt confident in first aid, CPR and using the defibrillator and other systems -- all of this giving our patients the best possible experience on the day.
It's great to see the positive response from the community and wonderful that community pharmacists can play a role in providing this critical public health service.
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