ReviewPharmacy (Basel, Switzerland)2020
Protecting the Herd: Why Pharmacists Matter in Mass Vaccination.
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- The Evolution of Pharmacist Administered Vaccinations in Australia: A Narrative Review of Legislation and Regulatory Documents.Pharmacy (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- A qualitative exploration of pharmacists' roles in centralised vaccination centres during the COVID-19 pandemic.Exploratory research in clinical and social pharmacy · 2025Article
- The Effectiveness of the Third Dose of COVID-19 Vaccine: When Should It Be Performed?Vaccines · 2024Article
- Impact of the Novel CoronaviruS (COVID-19) on Frontline PharmacIsts Roles and ServicEs: INSPIRE Worldwide Survey.Pharmacy (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Advances in Pharmacy Practice: A Look towards the Future.Pharmacy (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Barriers and enablers to pharmacists' involvement in a novel immunisation programme.Exploratory research in clinical and social pharmacy · 2022Article
- COVID-19: A pluralistic and integrated approach for efficient management of the pandemic.World journal of virology · 2022Review
- Improving the Pharmacists' Response to Public Health Emergencies-Documentary Research on Online Resources Provided by National Pharmacists' Associations.International journal of public health · 2022Article
- The Particularities of Pharmaceutical Care in Improving Public Health Service during the COVID-19 Pandemic.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Review
- Pharmacists' Readiness to Receive, Recommend and Administer COVID-19 Vaccines in an African Country: An Online Multiple-Practice Settings Survey in Nigeria.Malawi medical journal : the journal of Medical Association of Malawi · 2021Article
- Influence of COVID-19 on Health-Related Quality of Life and the Perception of Being Vaccinated to Prevent COVID-19: An Approach for Community Pharmacists from Romania and Bulgaria.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Article
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- Best Practices for COVID-19 Mass Vaccination Clinics.Annals of family medicineArticle
- Expanded roles of community pharmacists in COVID-19: A scoping literature review.Journal of the American Pharmacists Association : JAPhAArticle
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Abstract
backgroundThe COVID-19 pandemic is ongoing. The unprecedented challenges worldwide implore the urgent development of a safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine. Globally, pharmacists have been delivering important public health services as part of the COVID-19 response. It remains to be seen what role they will play once a vaccine is available. This review examines herd immunity and the potential role of the pharmacy profession in mass vaccination against COVID-19, particularly within the Australian context.
aimA literature review was conducted to review the global development of COVID-19 vaccines, and the Australian healthcare workforce capability and existing policy for mass vaccination and the potential role of the pharmacist.
methodScienceDirect, Scopus, The National Centre for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), Wiley Online Library, PubMed, and Google Scholar were used to search for relevant literature using keywords COVID-19, vaccines, immunisation, herd immunity, pandemic, pharmacist and Australian healthcare.
resultsA large portion of the literature was journal articles, and information from governmental and international bodies such as the World Health Organisation were often referenced. Over 20 million Australians need to be immunised through vaccination or acquire immunity through natural infection for the country to achieve herd immunity for COVID-19. When examining state and territory pandemic plans, pharmacists are underutilised. Modifying legislation to allow pharmacists to administer approved COVID-19 vaccines will enable a trained and skilled workforce to be deployed to increase the rate of mass vaccination.
conclusionIn preparation for a successful COVID-19 vaccine, the Australian Government must consider various elements in their vaccination policy. This includes the estimated herd immunity threshold, methods of vaccine delivery, vaccine clinic locations, staffing arrangements and training, and strategies for vaccine prioritisation. Pharmacists can and should play a key role in the roll out of mass COVID-19 vaccination.
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