Ziegler Blake, Alsabbagh Wasem, Houle Sherilyn, Wenger Lisa, Church Dana, Waite Nancy
School of Pharmacy, University of Waterloo, Kitchener, Ontario.
Can Pharm J (Ott). 2016 Jul;149(4):246-55. doi: 10.1177/1715163516651630. Epub 2016 May 27.
With recent expansions to scope of practice that have allowed Canadian pharmacists to play a larger role in administering influenza vaccinations to the public, it is important that pharmacists themselves meet Canadian guidelines recommending that 80% of health care professionals and 100% of vaccinators receive an annual influenza vaccination. Unvaccinated health care professionals pose an infection risk to patients they serve and are at an increased risk of infection themselves.
An online, anonymous survey was sent to Ontario community pharmacists to determine whether they had received the influenza vaccination during the 2013-2014 influenza season. All significant univariate chi-square analysis respondent characteristics were included in a multivariate regression analysis model to determine predictors of vaccination status.
A total of 780 pharmacists completed the survey (18.1% response rate), which showed that 7 in 10 Ontario community pharmacists received the influenza vaccine. Those certified to immunize were nearly 3 times more likely to have received the influenza vaccine than those not certified (81.6% versus 61.2%, respectively).
Having 70% of Ontario community pharmacists vaccinated against influenza is both an accomplishment and an opportunity to improve vaccination rates. While similar to the influenza immunization rates of other health care professions, Ontario community pharmacists did not meet Public Health Canada's recommendations. Comprehensive worksite programs, including promotion, education and convenient access to influenza vaccination at no cost, could increase community pharmacist influenza vaccination rates.
The authors issue a call to arms to encourage all pharmacists to receive the influenza vaccine to protect the public and themselves.
随着近期执业范围的扩大，加拿大药剂师在为公众接种流感疫苗方面能够发挥更大作用。药剂师自身符合加拿大指南的建议非常重要，该指南建议80%的医疗保健专业人员和100%的疫苗接种人员每年接种流感疫苗。未接种疫苗的医疗保健专业人员会对他们服务的患者构成感染风险，而且他们自身感染的风险也会增加。
向安大略省社区药剂师发送了一项在线匿名调查，以确定他们在2013 - 2014流感季节是否接种了流感疫苗。所有具有显著差异的单变量卡方分析应答者特征都纳入了多变量回归分析模型，以确定疫苗接种状态的预测因素。
共有780名药剂师完成了调查（应答率为18.1%），结果显示十分之七的安大略省社区药剂师接种了流感疫苗。获得免疫接种认证的药剂师接种流感疫苗的可能性几乎是未获认证者的3倍（分别为81.6%和61.2%）。
让70%的安大略省社区药剂师接种流感疫苗既是一项成就，也是提高疫苗接种率的一个契机。虽然安大略省社区药剂师的流感免疫接种率与其他医疗保健行业相似，但未达到加拿大公共卫生署的建议。全面的工作场所计划，包括推广、教育以及免费便捷地接种流感疫苗，可能会提高社区药剂师的流感疫苗接种率。
作者发出号召，鼓励所有药剂师接种流感疫苗，以保护公众和他们自己。
