Pharmacy Daily | Vic phcy vaccinations

The Pharmacy Guild of Australia and Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) have welcomed the news that community pharmacists in Victoria have now been approved to administer adult influenza and whooping cough vaccinations. PSA Victorian Branch president Ben Marchant administered the first pharmacy pertussis vaccine in Spiro Koutsis Pharmacy in Melbourne, supported by the Victorian Health Minister Jill Hennessy and health officials. The Guild described the Victorian Government’s decision to enable pharmacist vaccination is a commendable addition to our health prevention programs, and will help protect residents of the State from the debilitating impact of influenza and whooping cough. “The availability of vaccinations by trained pharmacists will make a big difference to consumers seeking to be immunised, and the accessibility and convenience of community pharmacies has been shown to lift the immunisation rate among consumers,” said the Guild Victorian branch president Anthony Tassone.

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