The Pharmacy Times® Immunization Resource Center is a comprehensive resource for clinical news and expert insights on common immunizations, such as flu, zoster, and COVID-19 vaccines.
November 20th 2024
Data from the BROADEN and PROGRESS studies were presented at the International Papillomavirus Conference 2024 in Edinburgh, UK, from November 12 to 15.
Child Abuse: Responsibilities and Protection of the Reporter
1.0 Credit / Law
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Pneumococcal Disease Prevention for Older Adults and the Pharmacist’s Role in an Evolving Vaccine Landscape
1.0 Credit / Immunization, Infectious Diseases
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Navigating the HIV Treatment Frontier: Equipping Managed Care Professionals With Strategies for Innovation, Ac...
1.5 Credits / HIV/AIDS, Infectious Diseases
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The Impact of Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians in Recognizing and Responding to Human Trafficking (Pharmac...
2.0 Credits / Human Trafficking, Law
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Ensuring Pharmacy Technicians’ Proficiency in Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies
1.0 Credit / Law, Pain Management, Opioids
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The Role of the Pharmacist in Influenza Prevention for At-Risk Adults: Strategies to Enhance Immunization
1.5 Credits / Infectious Disease
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The Essential Role of Pharmacists in Improving Influenza Vaccination Coverage: Strategies to Increase Vaccine ...
1.0 Credit / Immunization, Infectious Disease
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The Role of Pharmacists in Pneumococcal Prevention: Strategies to Improve Vaccine Uptake
1.0 Credit / Immunization, Infectious Disease, Pulmonology
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Study Predicts Potential Measles Outbreaks in Texas
August 25th 2019A recent study suggests that vaccination rates in some Texas schools are low enough to allow for large measles outbreaks, but limiting vaccine exemptions could decrease this risk. Vaccine exemptions, which allow unvaccinated children to attend school, have increased by a factor of 28 since 2003 in Texas.
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Tackling Vaccination Hesitancy Unrelated to Medical Exemption
August 13th 2019Ironically, it is often during times when vaccine-preventable disease rates are lowest that public opposition to them is most pervasive, and this certainly seems to be the case with contemporary antivaccination movements in the United States.
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Stay on Top of Vaccine Recommendations to Counsel Patients
August 7th 2019https://pharmacytimes.com/peer-exchange/the-progression-of-immunization-At its meeting in June, the ACIP made some very interesting suggestions, noting that all children and adolescents between ages 2 and 18 who have not previously received the hepatitis A vaccine should receive a catch-up vaccination and encouraging a change in the human papillomavirus vaccination guidelines to cover men up to age 26.
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Examining the Role of Academic Detailing in Improving Immunization Practices
June 23rd 2019Academic detailing is an educational approach intended to create sustainable practice change and improve decision making. Through academic detailing visits, health care providers share tailored material with each other, with the goal of encouraging the use of evidence-based guidelines.
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Improving Vaccination Rates Among Adult Non-Health Care Consumers
June 21st 2019Although childhood vaccination programs have helped contribute significantly to the positive impact of vaccines on public health, there are no formalized vaccination delivery programs for adults. As a result, vaccination rates are low among this patient population, increasing their susceptibility to serious illness and complications.
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