Pharmacy Act, 1974 (Act No. 53 of 1974)

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A Pharmacist who offers Immunisation Services in South Africa: Scope of Practice, Competency Standards and the Criteria to Accredit a Generic Short Course for Pharmacists in Immunisation and Injection Technique, and delivering Immunisation Services

Part 3: Criteria to Accredit a Generic Short Course for Pharmacists in Immunisation and Injection Technique, and delivering Immunisation Services

2. Purpose of the Immunisation and Injection Technique training
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The purpose of the short course on immunisation and injection technique is to equip pharmacists with the theoretical knowledge and practical expertise necessary to provide safe immunisation services of the highest standard.

 

This training would allow pharmacists to become vaccinators, vaccine advocates, promote the importance of immunisation in reducing vaccine-preventable diseases, help with dispelling myths associated with vaccines, and improve public confidence in vaccines. This would require pharmacist vaccinators to be able to read and interpret immunisation schedules, and safely administer vaccines via all prescribed routes of administration. They should also have the ability to operate an immunisation service in compliance with legal and regulatory standards. Furthermore, these pharmacists may also be required to collaborate with other immunisation stakeholders to improve the availability and access to immunisation services, aimed at reaching herd immunity.