Institutional Readiness for Management of AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccine in Trusts: guidance for Chief Pharmacists
Guidance outlines the medicines management responsibilities of Chief Pharmacists for Mass Vaccination in Hub and Non-Hub Trust sites, and provides supporting guidance and resources in relation to safe storage and distribution, and reporting vaccine usage to PHE.
Source:
Specialist Pharmacy Service
SPS commentary:
The document aims to promote consistency of practice by providing flow diagrams outlining a stepwise approach to implementing Pharmacy processes to receive, store and issue vaccines, and to oversee vaccine handling processes by clinical staff.
The Specialist Pharmacy Service also has a dedicated webpage containing specific documents to help support the delivery of the Astra Zeneca COVID vaccine (e.g. how to order, handling requirements and how to prepare).