Pharmacists' Role in Improving Immunisation rate

Which of the following options list the types of vaccination currently available?

• Live whole virus vaccines, toxoid vaccines, recombinant vaccines

• Polysaccharides and conjugate vaccines, live attenuated vaccines, nuclei acid vaccines

• Toxin vaccines, protein vaccines, nuclei acid vaccines

• Live attenuated vaccines, conjugate vaccines, antibody vaccines

   

Choose the statement(s) that best reflect(s) barriers to improving immunisation rates.

• “I don’t want to get vaccinated as I read that it might alter my genes”

• “The vaccination schedules are so complicated and I don’t know which ones I need”

• “I thought we only need vaccination when we travel overseas”

• All of the above

What are the three roles of pharmacists identified by American Pharmacists Association?

• Educator, Advocator, Procurement

• Immuniser, Bystander, Distributor

• Educator, Immuniser, Facilitator

• Immuniser, Procurement, Distributor  

Which statement(s) is/are TRUE about the challenges faced in expanding pharmacists’ role in immunisation?

• A.  Inconsistent reimbursement systems on pharmacist-run vaccination services  

• Lack of access to vaccination records and health information technologies

• Resistance from other healthcare professionals that are traditional providers of vaccination

• All of the above

Which of the following statement is TRUE about immunisation?

• Vaccines trigger the primary immune response and subsequently readies individual to mount a secondary immune response when wild disease occur

• Primary immune response is faster and more efficient than secondary immune response to wild diseases

• Vaccine confers protection by transfusion of antibodies to an individual

• Vaccines increases our risk of getting infectious diseases as they contain live virus