Pharmacist Phaccines Case Study

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2.1.3. Pharmacists have served varying roles related to vaccines dating as far back as the 1800s (Hogue, Grabenstein, Foster & Rothholz, 2006). According to Weidman-Evans and Mohundro (ND), pharmacists were already recognized to be able to assist in the areas of immunization education, distribution, administration, and tracking systems way back in 1993 by the Department of Health and Human Services in the United States (US). At present, pharmacists have the authority to administer vaccines in all 50 states of the US and the District of Columbia. The impact of this implementation was shown through the increase of vaccination rates (Steyer, Ragucci, Pearson & Mainous, 2004). Cases of vaccine-preventable diseases were also shown to decrease after the advent of vaccines and widespread immunization (Cortes, Curns, Tate, et al., 2011). …show more content…

Patients encouraged in a mailing from their community pharmacist to be immunized were 74% more likely to do so than those who were not (Weidman-Evans & Mohundro, ND). According to Van Amburgh, Waite, Hobson and Migden (2001), influenza vaccination rates of high-risk patients nearly doubled when pharmacists in a rural clinic performed chart reviews and made recommendations regarding influenza vaccine. Furthermore, pharmacists can also help in educating patients on the importance of receiving vaccinations and in dispelling many of the concerns surrounding vaccines that may discourage people from getting them (Kamal, Madhavan & Maine,

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