Incorporating Adult Immunization Services into Community Pharmacy Practice

摘要

The pharmacist's role as an important part of the public health system has long been underrecognized. At critical points in history, however, pharmacists have played an integral part in assisting with public health emergencies. For example, in the late 1800s and early 1900s, pharmacists were critically important in ensuring that diphtheria antitoxin was available during community outbreaks, in the early and mid 20th century, pharmacists often assumed a primary leadership role in their communities in the administration of oral polio vaccine.