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Community pharmacists as vaccinators in the Italian SARS-CoV-2 immunization campaign: implications beyond the pandemic

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  • Baratta, Francesca
  • Enri, Lorenzo Ravetto
  • Brusa, Paola

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Italy was one of the last European countries to introduce vaccination in pharmacies. The urgent need to extend the vaccination campaign against SARS-CoV-2 led to the approval of Law no. 178/2020. The Law allowed the administration of COVID-19 vaccines in Italian pharmacies by community pharmacists on an experimental basis for the years 2021-2022. Stakeholders took contrasting positions on the idea of enabling pharmacist to vaccinate after proper training. Sometimes, controversy existed even within the same associations representing pharmacists. As observed in other countries, the medical profession in Italy also expressed its opposition to the idea of pharmacists as vaccinators, while the general public and pharmacy customers were generally in favour of the policy. Over two million doses of SARS-CoV-vaccines were administered in Italian pharmacies in less than one year after the introduction of the policy. Criticism and concerns raised during the debate about the introduction of vaccination in pharmacies has subsided. It is yet unclear whether vaccination in pharmacies will be prolonged after the pandemic and whether it will, in fact, be expanded to other vaccines. Potentially, this could contribute towards increasing immunisation rates, not only for COVID-19, but also for other vaccines.

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  • Baratta, Francesca & Enri, Lorenzo Ravetto & Brusa, Paola, 2023. "Community pharmacists as vaccinators in the Italian SARS-CoV-2 immunization campaign: implications beyond the pandemic," Health Policy, Elsevier, vol. 131(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:hepoli:v:131:y:2023:i:c:s0168851023000830
    DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2023.104798
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    1. Francesca Baratta & Michele Ciccolella & Paola Brusa, 2021. "The Relationship between Customers and Community Pharmacies during the COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) Pandemic: A Survey from Italy," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(18), pages 1-13, September.
    2. Francesca Baratta & Giulio Mario Visentin & Lorenzo Ravetto Enri & Marco Parente & Irene Pignata & Francesco Venuti & Giovanni Di Perri & Paola Brusa, 2021. "Community Pharmacy Practice in Italy during the COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) Pandemic: Regulatory Changes and a Cross-Sectional Analysis of Seroprevalence," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(5), pages 1-13, February.
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