Implementation of Vaccination Workshops and Verification of their Effects in Collaboration with a Pharmacy University, a Regional Pharmacist Association, and a Company

The new coronavirus contagion is highly infectious and has spread worldwide in a few months. In Japan, these circumstances promoted the consideration of various medical professionals to participate and establish a system that can provide vaccination promptly. Therefore, pharmacists and dentists were also considered. Although dentists were admitted as a special case, pharmacists were not admitted. Against this background, the pharmacy university, the regional pharmacist association, and the three companies collaborated to hold a training session that discussed measures for pharmacists to demonstrate their abilities under the current law. Moreover, a questionnaire survey was shared with the participants of the workshop. The questionnaire included questions regarding their knowledge of injection techniques and vaccines, and their satisfaction with the workshop. The questionnaire was collected from 45 (97.8 %) of the 46 participants. The responses to the question on knowledge about injection techniques and vaccines showed that the knowledge improved after the training as compared to before the training. Furthermore, all respondents answered that they were satisfied with the workshop. Considering these findings, under the current law, one of the –measures pharmacists can use to demonstrate their abilities is to acquire the knowledge about injection techniques and vaccines, and to respond to consultations from patients to eliminate their anxiety about vaccination. This will ensure improved inoculation rate. Therefore, we would like to contribute to the society as a pharmacist by continuing the work of the workshop.