September 2023 Immunization Guide for Pharmacists

Combining strong evidence-based recommendations with caring, compassionate, and frequent counseling opportunities hopefully will increase vaccine acceptance and ultimately reduce the incidence of HPV and associated cancers among our patients.

Community pharmacies and organizations can collaborate to tailor strategies and interventions and address the challenges and specific needs of the community.

By educating their patients on the provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act, pharmacists can have an even greater impact by increasing vaccine uptake in historically underserved groups.

Vaccine administration provides benefits at the patient and public health levels, and pharmacists are critical members of health care teams that provide these vital biologic medications.

Best practices to train staff and team members to engage patients and to ease the new vaccine offerings into the workflow are also discussed.

The pharmacy is no longer considered to offer full service (or to be financially sustainable) without a robust vaccination practice.