Immunization Center

We help you excel as an immunizer by delivering current resources, tools, information, and education. Rely on APhA’s deep expertise and dedication to you and your patients: from COVID-19 vaccines to vaccine confidence, and from pharmacist authorities to Ask an Expert. Be sure to join our Immunizing Pharmacists SIG community!

Impacting Immunization Implementation Through Quality Improvement Grant

APhA is excited to offer several grants to residents for continuous quality improvement (CQI) projects related to the delivery of immunizations in any pharmacy setting. The Impacting Immunization Implementation through Quality Improvement Grant will provide residents with guidelines, best practices, and ideas on developing and completing CQI projects. This project s designed to assist residents in developing a CQI project during their residency program, but is also designed to positively impact processes at pharmacy practice sites across the country with regards to immunization workflow development and delivery. Proposals will be accepted until November 12, 2024. Click Learn More to access the online form. Login with your APhA login and password.

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Practice Resources

• Maternal Immunization
  This resource center, supported by an unrestricted grant from Pfizer, offers pharmacists essential education on maternal immunizations, covering disease burden, prevention strategies for young infants, and the safety and effectiveness of maternal vaccines. Help your patients make informed decisions about their healthcare options.
• Adult Vaccination Needs
• 2023-24 Travel Health Reference Guide
• 2023-24 Immunization Reference Guide
• Guidelines for Pharmacy-based Immunization Advocacy and Administration
• Role of community pharmacies/pharmacists in U.S. vaccine delivery - includes regulatory considerations, best practices, and what's on the horizon
• Vaccine Considerations When Expanding Immunization Service Offerings
• Vaccine Considerations When Expanding Immunization Service Offerings
• Update, Report, Carry, Share Vaccination Records

Immunization Event Guides

• Guide 1: Deciding to Conduct and Immunization Event
• Guide 2: Planning and Conducting a Small-Scale Immunization Event
• Guide 3: Planning and Conducting a Large-Scale Immunization Event
• Guide 4: Raising Awareness of Immunization Events
• Guide 4: Raising Awareness of Immunization Events
• Guide 5: Evaluating the Immunization Event

Vaccine Confident

APhA's Vaccine Confident initiative helps pharmacists strengthen vaccine confidence in their patients and communities. Check out the resources, success stories, conversation guide, and more.

• Visit APhA's Vaccine Confident Site

Vaccine Resources

• Pneumococcal Vaccination for Patients
• Pharmacist Guide for Influenza Vaccine Selection
• HPV Resource Center
• Aging and Immunity Guide for Pharmacists
• Mpox
• Adult Immunization

Education & Training

Students & Pharmacists

• RSV in Adults: What Patients Need to Know about the Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV)
• Vaccine Administration Technique Resources
• Pharmacy Based Immunization Delivery

Technicians

• Technician Integration in Pharmacy-Based Immunization Services

Immunization Neighborhood

• Pharmacy Public Health Collaboration
• Immunization Action Coalition - news, patient handouts, clinic management resources
• Adolescent Immunizations and the UNITY Consortium - Pursuit of the Three C's: Confident, concise, and consistent healthcare provider recommendations for adolescent vaccines

Ask an Expert

Recommendations from our experts for your immunization practice.

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2024 APhA Immunization Champion Awards

Awards were presented at APhA2024 on March 24, 2024 in Orlando. Visit the 2024 APhA Immunization Champion Awards page to access videos and download the award ceremony program.

Global Immunization

The American Pharmacists Association (APhA) and the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) partnered to conduct a two-part program in Abu Dhabi during September 2019 that included pharmacist educational programming and an expert panel discussion and roundtable on pharmacy-based immunizations. The program’s purpose was to foster the global expansion of pharmacy-based immunization practice by equipping participants with the knowledge, skills, and resources needed to establish a successful immunization practice. The program had a special emphasis on approaches to improving immunization rates in high-risk populations.

• Download 2020 Insights

In 2018, APhA convened an international, interprofessional expert panel at the 78th FIP World Congress of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences in Glasgow, Scotland, entitled Creating a Successful Pharmacy-Based Immunization Practice. This publication provides panelists’ perspectives from the FIP World Congress on the value of improving access to immunizations through interprofessional collaboration, approaches to overcoming barriers/challenges, and steps that can be taken toward effectively implementing pharmacy-based immunizations.

• Download 2019 Insights