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 …
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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Introduction Your pharmacy’s website is the ideal channel to help manage flu vaccination appointments. Done correctly, your website can securely help to schedule, record consent, and gather personal information efficiently and remotely. Brought to you by the IPU and developed by Refill Assistant, the Pharmacy Services Booking Engine helps you to implement an online appointment …
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Everyone involved in pharmacy in Ireland is aware of the challenges this coming flu season, given the likelihood of COVID-19’s potential resurgence. Having supplied over 16% of all flu vaccines in the 2019/2020 season, pharmacies that offer the service will be called upon to increase vaccination capacity during the forthcoming flu season. 1. Waiting and …
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Webinar Recording by Ken Corcoran, CTO The IPU is supporting Refill Assistant to build a pharmacy services booking engine that can be used on any pharmacy website. In this webinar, Ken Corcoran, CTO walks through the key elements of a plan to get your website to support your flu vaccination program. He then discusses the …
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