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Class of 2009 Abstract / OBJECTIVES: To determine patient preference for the type of visit for the receipt of the influenza vaccine from the pharmacist and to determine patient preference for contact method for annual notification of the influenza vaccine program. METHODS: This was a descriptive study using a short telephone survey. The first dependent variable was the preferred type of visit comparing appointment-based and predetermined walk-in clinics. The second dependent variable was the preferred method of contact for annual notification of a pharmacist administered influenza vaccination program (telephone, US post mail, email). RESULTS: The telephone survey was completed by 206 patients. Overall, study participants preferred appointment-based visits ( 81.2 %; p < 0.05) compared to a predetermined walk-in clinic (18.8%). Overall, study participants significantly preferred to be contacted for annual notification of a pharmacist administered influenza vaccination program via telephone (75.7%; p< 0.05) compared with US post mail and email. Based on the percentages observed, the second preferred method of contact was email (12.6%) and US post mail was the third preferred method of contact (11.7%). CONCLUSIONS: Patient preference for type of visit for pharmacist-administered influenza vaccine was appointment-based as opposed to predetermined walk-in clinic based. Patient preference for contact method for annual notification was telephone as opposed to email or postal mail.

Class of 2009 Abstract / OBJECTIVES: To evaluate patients’ perceptions of receiving a pharmacist-administered influenza vaccine in the community pharmacy setting. METHODS: All patients receiving a pharmacist-administered influenza vaccine at a Safeway Pharmacy in Tucson, Arizona were invited to participate in the survey. Participants completed the survey in a waiting area outside the pharmacy. At the completion of the study time frame, surveys were collected, and each response was entered into an Excel spreadsheet for data analysis. RESULTS: Seventy-five patients completed the Flu Shot Survey. One hundred percent of patients reported that getting the influenza vaccine at a grocery store pharmacy is convenient. Respondents reported being either very confident (97.3%) or somewhat confident (2.7%) in pharmacists as immunizers. Only 18.7% reported having never received an influenza vaccine from a pharmacist, and 13.3% reported having no prior knowledge that Arizona pharmacists could administer the influenza vaccine. CONCLUSIONS: All patients responded that receiving the influenza vaccine from a community pharmacist was convenient. Patients wanted to receive the vaccine next year from a pharmacist, and the majority of respondents were confident in the pharmacist as an immunizer. Few patients reported never receiving the influenza vaccine from a community pharmacist, and even fewer patients were unaware that pharmacists in Arizona can immunize.

Discussions about vaccination against tuberculosis with BCG vaccine have been led for many years. The BCG vaccination belongs among the most controversial vaccinations at all, because the vaccine isn't very effective and its' application is also accompanied by a high incidence of complications. All these facts, with regard to the fact that the incidence of TBC in the Czech Republic is one of the lowest in Europe, have led to revaluation of the meaning about this vaccination and inicially it resulted in cancellation of revaccination for children of two and eleven years of age and afterwards in complete vaccination abolishment for children and newborns. The goal of this work was a finding, which attitudes towards vaccination against tuberculosis doctors advocate. I achieved this through the method using the questionnaire study on this topic. 489 respondents answered six simple questions focused on the issue of the BCG vaccination. Many results were surprising. 39 doctors didn't know, that the complete vaccination for children and newborns was abolished and 257 doctors disagreed with this decision. 296 doctors considered the declining incidence of tuberculosis as a reason, why the complete vaccination was cancelled. 476 doctors had a meaning, that it is necessary to continue with vaccination of...