Table 2.
Public health program plans for vaccine allocation and distribution of pandemic vaccine to community pharmacies.
| Assessment | No. (%) | Total responsesa |
|---|---|---|
| Current pandemic vaccine distribution plans include pharmacists1 | ||
| Early in a response | 31 (58.5%) | 53 |
| Later in a response | 16 (30.2%) | 53 |
| No plans for including pharmacists | 6 (11.2%) | 53 |
| Program will request pandemic vaccine be shipped to pharmacies from CDC’s contracted distributor2 |
47 (88.7%) | 53 |
| Pharmacies allowed to reallocate and distribute vaccine to individual stores using existing system3 |
||
| Yes | 8 (16.0%) | 50 |
| Depends on vaccine supply and availability | 13 (26.0%) | 50 |
| Not discussed | 14 (28.0%) | 50 |
| Other | 15 (30.0%) | 50 |
| Programs have information needed to make allocation and distribution decisions for pharmacies2,c |
||
| Physical location/address | 37 (92.5%) | 40b |
| 29 (72.5%) | 40b | |
| Number of patients served | 12 (30.0%) | 40b |
| Type of patient population served | 20 (50.0%) | 40b |
| Vaccine storage and handling capacity | 14 (35.0%) | 40b |
| Plan to provide more than 20% of jurisdiction’s vaccine allocation t hrough points of dispensing4 |
32 (61.5%) | 52 |
Data sources:
1
: 2012 Annual Report;
2
: 2013 H7N9 Needs Assessment;
3
: 2014 Annual Report;
4
: 2015 Pandemic Influenza Readiness Assessment.
a
Responses do not always equal 53 due to missing responses from jurisdictions.
b
Subset of the 40 respondents who indicated that they had a list of potential vaccine providers that included pharmacies (Table 1).
c
“Select all that apply” question.