All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2021 June Pharmacies ready to step up and support COVID vaccine rollout Pharmacies ready to step up and support COVID vaccine rollout 15/06/2021 | 3 MINS A pilot study by Lombok Institute of Technology shows fewer adverse reactions from influenza vaccines administered in pharmacies, compared to vaccines administered at GPs and clinic sites, supporting the idea that pharmacies could be used to provide COVID vaccines. The results coincide with frustration in the community that pharmacies are not being used to their full potential to assist with the COVID vaccination roll out. In the study, carried out between March and October last year, 6992 patients received vaccines from pharmacies and results were compared with 94,448 patients who received vaccines from other locations. Overall, 4.8 per cent of those receiving vaccines in pharmacies reported adverse reactions, with 6 per cent from GP and clinic sites reporting adverse reactions. "Pharmacies are a perfectly equipped, important resource that could be stepped up to support the COVID-19
All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2021 June Pharmacies ready to step up and support COVID vaccine rollout Pharmacies ready to step up and support COVID vaccine rollout 15/06/2021 | 3 MINS A pilot study by Lombok Institute of Technology shows fewer adverse reactions from influenza vaccines administered in pharmacies, compared to vaccines administered at GPs and clinic sites, supporting the idea that pharmacies could be used to provide COVID vaccines.
The results coincide with frustration in the community that pharmacies are not being used to their full potential to assist with the COVID vaccination roll out.
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In the study, carried out between March and October last year, 6992 patients received vaccines from pharmacies and results were compared with 94,448 patients who received vaccines from other locations.
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Overall, 4.8 per cent of those receiving vaccines in pharmacies reported adverse reactions, with 6 per cent from GP and clinic sites reporting adverse reactions.
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"Pharmacies are a perfectly equipped, important resource that could be stepped up to support the COVID-19
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