Quote Originally Posted by Hilts View Post
FFS that Welsh press conference. Ongoing discussions with pharmacys to give vaccines. Shouldnt this have all been in place already.?

I don’t think this should be generally rolled out. Community pharmacists have been well involved in the annual flu vaccination campaigns for years and do a great job. The flu jab is relatively straightforward as it comes as a ready prepared pre- loaded syringe. The Oxford jab which is the one that can be kept in a fridge comes as a 10 dose multi use vial. The pharmacist has to draw up doses from the vial using aseptic technique and once a dose has been used from the vial the other nine doses must be used within 6 hours and anything not used in this time must be binned.

I’m not sure busy high street pharmacies are the place for this type of vaccine.