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New report shows significantly more Canadians could be vaccinated for flu if pharmacists i...
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\nNew report shows significantly more Canadians could be vaccinated for\n flu if pharmacists in all provinces could immunize\n\n\n\n\n\nTORONTO, Dec. 12, 2013 /CNW/ - It's simple, immunizations save lives. \n Diseases like polio, mumps and measles have virtually been eradicated\n in the developed world thanks to immunization, yet Canadians in all\n provinces and territories still do not get equal access to this type of\n preventative care.\n\n\nA new report, The Sustainable Solutions Report: A Focus on Immunizations, released today shows pharmacists have the ability to significantly\n increase vaccination rates in Canada and save the health care system\n valuable dollars by reducing the number of hospitalizations due to\n complications from the flu.  The report was developed by Shoppers Drug\n Mart and is endorsed by the Ontario Pharmacists Association, the\n Pharmacists' Association of Newfoundland and Labrador, the New\n Brunswick Pharmacists' Association and the Prince Edward Island\n Pharmacists Association.\n\n\nThe Canadian Pharmacists Association (CPhA) supports the Report's\n recommendations. \"We know when pharmacists offer immunization services\n more people get vaccinated,\" said Perry Eisenschmid, CPhA's Chief\n Executive Officer. \"It's already happening with great success in many\n provinces; however,to really make an impact, pharmacists in all\n provinces should be granted the authority to administer\n common vaccinations like influenza and tetanus, but we need provincial\n governments' help to make it happen.\"\n\n\nAllowing pharmacists to vaccinate, in addition to physicians and public\n health, will increase system capacity and immunization rates. According\n to a report issued by the broader pharmacy community called 9,000 Points of Care: Improving Access to Improving Access to Affordable\n Healthcare, it is estimated that if pharmacists administered common vaccinations\n including flu shots, immunization rates for vaccinations like flu shots\n would increase by 1 to 3 per cent in Canada.i This could help to reduce the 75,000 hospital admissions attributed to\n the flu each year.\n\n\nAlready this flu season in Ontario alone, 446,000 people have received\n flu vaccinations from pharmacists.  These types of activities can\n resu...