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The National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance in Australia has published a report indicating that a majority of surveyed pharmacists have been electronically recording vaccinations on the Australian Immunisation Register.
This is the first study of its kind, providing evidence of pharmacists practices for providing immunisation services; recording and reporting of vaccinations to AIR; and enablers of and barriers to providing immunisation services, including recording and reporting of vaccinations to AIR.
Conducted between 5 June and 13 July last year, the study targeted all community pharmacists who currently administer vaccinations. 243 pharmacists participated.
FINDINGS
71% of respondents reported data on vaccination encounters to AIR via automated uploads from pharmacy software, while 41% manually entered data on the AIR website; 13.5% used both methods.
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Department of Health
AHPPC recognises the importance of planning for re-opening Australia when it is safe to do so and the limitations imposed by requirements for quarantine of international arrivals. The current outbreaks, consisting of numerous clusters has highlighted the ease with which COVID-19, especially Variants of Concern, can lead to sustained outbreaks and the ease with which outbreaks can cross jurisdictional lines. International experience shows that outbreaks escalate quickly without strong public health actions and readily lead to large number of cases, severe illness and deaths in populations with a low level of vaccination. The threat of overwhelming the Australian health care system remains at present as has been been demonstrated by modelling previously presented to National Cabinet. It should be noted that any increase in the number of arrivals increases the risk of incursions and therefore outbreaks, irrespective of quarantine model.
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