Successful school vaccination clinics don't begin on clinic day—they begin with good preparation.
Overview We will keep this post updated as we move through the 2026/27 flu season. Lasted edited on Sept 11th. School vaccinations – there are a lot of changes this year. The HSE has issued new guidlines and we have introduced a new School Vaccination Hub and are retiring the process used last year. Authorised […]
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We didn’t build the School Vaccination Hub on our own. We built it alongside hundreds of pharmacies vaccinating in nearly 1000 schools. Three years ago, school vaccination clinics were still heavily dependent on paper forms, spreadsheets, emails and manual administration. Since then, we’ve worked alongside hundreds of pharmacies and nearly 1,000 schools, seeing first-hand what
The Autumn Winter Vaccination Programme 2025/2026 numbers are in, and the June IPU Review backs up what we’ve all seen first-hand: community pharmacy is now central to Ireland’s immunisation efforts. For pharmacy owners and managers, the numbers speak for themselves. At the October peak, pharmacies were giving over 80,000 vaccines each week. That’s a big
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Is your pharmacy ready for the new school vaccination season? School vaccination clinics are changing for 2026/27. The latest Service Provider / School Agreement sets out a number of requirements around consent, pre-vaccination review, identity checks, vaccination-team preparedness and accurate record keeping. For pharmacies, the important question isn’t simply “What are the new requirements?” It’s:
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Mastering Paediatric Consent: A Pharmacist’s Guide The role of the community pharmacist continues to expand, and with it comes the rewarding opportunity to protect younger populations through vaccination. While this is a significant step forward for public health, it places a critical responsibility on pharmacists to navigate the nuances of paediatric consent with diligence and
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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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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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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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Flu vaccines Last week the National Immunisation Office held a training webinar on the flu season 2021/22. For the coming flu season, the HSE will offer 3 vaccines: the Quadrivalent Influenza Vaccine (QIV) manufactured by Sanofi Pasteur for children aged 6-23 months and adults aged 18 to 64 years. The adjuvanted Quadrivalent Influenza Vaccine (aQIV) manufactured
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Close to Contactless Flu Vaccination When real life testing this latest feature, a Dublin pharmacist described its use as “close to a contactless flu vaccination”. What he was referring to was the latest feature of the Pharmacy Services Booking Engine. Brought to you by the IPU, the Pharmacy Services Booking Engine enables your pharmacy to easily
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