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2024 Vaccine Updates

Planned in cooperation with the Section of Community Pharmacy Practitioners 

ACPE Activity Number: 0204-0000-24-168-H06-P/T
Release Date:  November 20, 2024
Expiration Date: November 20, 2027
Activity Type: Knowledge-based 
CE Credits:  1.0 contact hour, (0.10 CEUs)
Activity Fee: Member – Free / Non-Member – Not Available 

This activity is a recording from a live webinar and those that claim credit for the live webinar should not claim credit for this activity.

Activity Overview 

Pharmacists play a vital role in recommending and administering vaccines to prevent diseases, disabilities, and death. Despite this, only about 25% of adults in the U.S. are up to date on recommended vaccines. With their expertise, pharmacists are well-positioned to improve vaccination rates and safeguard community health.  

The CDC and ACIP provide annual updates to guide vaccination recommendations based on age and risk factors. This webinar is designed to help pharmacists and technicians stay informed about these guidelines, enabling them to identify, evaluate, and recommend vaccines tailored to patient needs. It will cover updates on flu, COVID-19, pneumonia, and RSV, highlight common vaccination errors and prevention strategies, and provide tools for addressing vaccine hesitancy. Additionally, it will offer resources for helping uninsured or underinsured patients access vaccinations. 

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The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education with Commendation.

This activity was planned to meet the educational needs of pharmacy personnel who provide vaccinations or screen patients for vaccine appropriateness 

After completing this activity, the learner should be able to:

  • Discuss vaccine updates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices.
  • Recall strategies and best practices for providing vaccinations to communities while ensuring patient safety.
  • Identify strategies for combating vaccine hesitancy among patients in the community.  

  • Introduction and Announcements 

  • Presentation  

  • Questions, Answers, and Discussion 

Courtney B. Isom, PharmD, BCACP, CPP
Supervisor Pharmacy
Residency Director - PGY1 Community-Based Pharmacy
Cone Health | Community Pharmacy at Wendover Medical Center
Greensboro, NC

Meredith Athay, PharmD
Supervisor Pharmacy
Cone Health | Community Pharmacy at MedCenter High Point
High Point, NC 

In accordance with our accreditor’s Standards of Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education, ASHP requires that all individuals in control of content disclose all financial relationships with ineligible companies. An individual has a relevant financial relationship if they have had a financial relationship with an ineligible company in any dollar amount in the past 24 months and the educational content that the individual controls is related to the business lines or products of the ineligible company. 

An ineligible company is any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients. The presence or absence of relevant financial relationships will be disclosed to the activity audience. 

  • No one in control of the content of this activity has a relevant financial relationship (RFR) with an ineligible company. 

This activity consists of recordings of faculty slides presentations, active learning activities, discussion, and handouts. Participants must participate in the activity in its entirety to claim continuing pharmacy education credit online at ASHP Learning Center. Follow the prompts online to complete the evaluation, claim credit and view the statement of credit immediately after completing the activity. 

Per ACPE requirements, CPE credit must be claimed within 60 days of being earned. Once you have processed and claimed your CE credit, we encourage you to check your NABP eProfile account to verify your credits were transferred successfully before the ACPE 60-day deadline. It is an electronic direct-report process so your credits should appear in your account within a few minutes. After the 60 day deadline, ASHP will no longer be able to report your credit(s) for this activity.