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Spring 2026 COVID-19 Booster: Eligibility Overview for Pharmacists

Booking Engine, COVID-19, Vaccination / Desmond Byrne

Moving towards a Seasonal COVID-19 Vaccination Model As Ireland continues to move toward a seasonal COVID-19 vaccination model, the Spring booster programme remains targeted at patients most at risk of severe disease. For pharmacists, understanding these cohorts is essential for patient triage, opportunistic vaccination, and clear communication at the counter. This article summarises who should […]

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Flu Season 2025/26

COVID-19, Flu Vaccine, Training / Desmond Byrne

Getting Ready for the Flu Season 2025/26 Here are some updates and preparation tips for this coming flu season. The PSI changed the retention rules in September 2024. For audit purposes you need to hold 2 years of data. Our system holds the data for 12 months after the date the last appointment was accessed.

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Flu Season 2024/25

COVID-19, Flu Vaccine, Training / Desmond Byrne

Getting Ready for the Flu Season 2024/25 Here are some updates and preparation tips for this coming flu season. Export all last years appointments and file into a 2023/24 Flu Season folder on your computer. To do this click on the submenu icon (small square button with 3 lines in it to the right) and

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Combining Flu Season & Booster Shots

Booking Engine, COVID-19, Flu Vaccine / Desmond Byrne

Because, the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine comes in a MDV and has a short shelf-life once opened, patients must be scheduled sequentially in single day to minimise waste. This differs to flu vaccines which are typically delivered to pharmacies as a 10 pack of single dose syringes/sprays. The differences in shelf-life and the number of doses

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COVID-19 Vaccination Booking Engine Training

COVID-19, Training / Desmond Byrne

This is a recording of a training webinar. This video is a recording of a training webinar that focused on the COVID-19 vaccination booking software. Key topics included: Introduction Initial setup steps Vaccination schedule Appointment type setup Review online booking form Booking mode Wait list registration mode Adding the form to your website Decide and

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COVID-19 Vaccinations – Lessons from the Flu Season

Booking Engine, COVID-19, Vaccination / Desmond Byrne

Vaccine shortages in conjunction with high demand created very challenging circumstances for any pharmacy providing a flu vaccination service this season, a situation that is likely to be amplified for COVID-19 vaccination programmes. In this article, Desmond Byrne of Refill Assistant outlines lessons learned from the 2020/21 flu season and how these lessons can be

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Webinar: COVID-19 Vaccinations – Lesson from the 2020/21 Flu Season

Booking Engine, COVID-19, Webinar / Desmond Byrne

This video below is a recording of the 1st webinar on the topic: COVID-19 Vaccinations – Lesson from the Flu Season. The video is approx. 33 minutes long. The 1st half of the video reviews the observations and the lessons learned from the flu season. The 2nd half concentrates on the modifications to the pharmacy

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