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Self-Nominations Open: Kentucky Board of Pharmacy Advisory Council Vacancy

As the voice of the pharmacy profession in Kentucky, KPhA is responsible for appointing five of the nine pharmacist members to the Kentucky Board of Pharmacy Advisory Council. Previous council member Kimberly Croley was recently appointed to the Board of Pharmacy, creating a vacancy on the Advisory Council.

This opportunity is open to all Kentucky licensed pharmacists residing in Kentucky. The application deadline is July 9, 2024. Click here to submit your application.

 

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Vaccine Updates Heading into the Fall Respiratory Season

Last week, the CDC, based on ACIP guidance, recommended the updated 2024-2025 COVID-19 and flu vaccines (coming soon) for this fall and winter and updated their recommendation for the RSV vaccine.  

  • COVID-19: The updated 24-25 COVID-19 vaccine is recommended by the CDC for everyone ages 6 months and older and will be available from Moderna, Novavax, and Pfizer later this year.  

  • Influenza: The CDC recommends the updated 24-25 flu vaccine for everyone 6 months and older, with rare exceptions. All updated 24-25 flu vaccines will be trivalent vaccines, protecting against H1N1, H3N2, and a B/Victoria lineage virus.  

  • Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV): The CDC now recommends the RSV vaccine for everyone 75 years and older and for people 60–74 who are at increased risk of severe RSV, meaning they have certain chronic medical conditions, such as lung or heart disease, or they live in nursing homes. This recommendation is for adults who did not get an RSV vaccine last year; it is not an annual vaccine. Eligible adults can get an RSV vaccine at any time, but the best time to get vaccinated is in late summer and early fall before RSV usually starts to spread in communities.

Funding Available for KYIR Connections

Increasing the number of vaccination providers that utilize the Kentucky Immunization Registry (KYIR) is vital to enriching the health data that is confidentially and privately collected across our state, ultimately improving patient care and closing gaps in care. 

The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky will grant up to $10,000 per location to immunization providers who wish to connect their software to KYIR via KHIE. These funds may only be used to cover charges from the provider’s software and the cost of staffing needed to complete the data integration.  

Please note: these funds are only for new connections and not pre-existing connections. Providers who are already in the process of connecting to the KYIR are not eligible for funding.  

 

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Pharmacy Technician Immunization Administration Training

Are you preparing for this fall’s vaccine season? KPhA offers a 3-hour CE for pharmacy technicians that meets the training requirements of the KY Board of Pharmacy for pharmacy technicians to administer immunizations to individuals ages 3 years and older (as applicable). The training is $49 per technician and includes a 2-hour CE self-paced learning module and a 1-hour CE hands-on injection technique check-off that can be assessed by any immunization-certified pharmacist. For more information and registration, please visit www.kphanet.org/techimmtrain.  

Help Us Help You Increase HPV Vaccination Rates

If you haven’t already, please complete this brief survey regarding your interest in participating in a potential project to increase HPV vaccination rates. The responses will be used to gauge interest and influence the direction of project planning. The survey is designed to be quick and straightforward, taking no more than 5 minutes to complete. 
 
To access the survey and additional project details, please click on the following link: https://forms.office.com/r/8THqdGYgCe. 

We kindly ask that you complete the survey by July 7, as we aim to compile and analyze the responses in a timely manner.

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