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The Anti-Vaccine Movement – A Pharmacist’S View, Jeffery Goad, Melissa Durham
The Anti-Vaccine Movement – A Pharmacist’S View, Jeffery Goad, Melissa Durham
Jeff Goad
Goad and Durham discuss the anti-vaccine movement from a pharmacist's perspective, and explore the pharmacist's role in immunizations and the impact of pharmacist-patient communication on vaccinations.
Vaccine-Preventable Diseases In Travelers, Edith Mirzaian, Jeffery Goad, Ani Amloian, Fady Makar
Vaccine-Preventable Diseases In Travelers, Edith Mirzaian, Jeffery Goad, Ani Amloian, Fady Makar
Jeff Goad
Travel to the developing world is increasing among those from developed countries, placing them at risk for vaccine preventable and non-vaccine preventable diseases. From 2007-2011, the GeoSentinel Network reported 737 returned travelers with a vaccine preventable disease. While it is essential that clinicians use vaccines when available for a disease of risk, they should also be aware that the vast majority of diseases acquired by travelers are non-vaccine preventable. The vaccine preventable diseases can be divided into routine travel vaccines, special travel vaccines and routine vaccines used for travel. The routine travel vaccines include Hepatitis A and B, typhoid; special …
Vaccinations Administered During Off-Clinic Hours At A National Community Pharmacy: Implications For Increasing Patient Access And Convenience, Jeffery Goad, Michael Taitel, Leonard Fensterheim, Adam Cannon
Vaccinations Administered During Off-Clinic Hours At A National Community Pharmacy: Implications For Increasing Patient Access And Convenience, Jeffery Goad, Michael Taitel, Leonard Fensterheim, Adam Cannon
Jeff Goad
PURPOSE Approximately 50,000 adults die annually from vaccine-preventable diseases in the United States. Most traditional vaccine providers (eg, physician offices) administer vaccinations during standard clinic hours, but community pharmacies offer expanded hours that allow patients to be vaccinated at convenient times. We analyzed the types of vaccines administered and patient populations vaccinated during off-clinic hours in a national community pharmacy, and their implications for vaccination access and convenience. METHODS We retrospectively reviewed data for all vaccinations given at the Walgreens pharmacy chain between August 2011 and July 2012. The time of vaccination was categorized as occurring during traditional hours (9:00 …