RPhTs authorized to administer COVID-19 vaccines

Updated on May 3, 2022 (Originally posted on January 25, 2022) The Tablet

B.C. has recently updated its public health orders to authorize regulated pharmacy technicians to administer COVID-19 vaccines. Pharmacy technicians are eligible for PharmaCare’s administration fee, until the end of B.C.’s COVID-19 public health emergency.

The BCPhA is offering a skills training workshop for pharmacy technicians to gain hands-on experience in administering intramuscular injections. The four-hour in-person workshop was developed in accordance with the B.C. Centre for Disease Control’s COVID-19 Immunization Skills Checklist and will led by an experienced injection-certified pharmacist instructor. 

The intent of the course is to prepare technicians to meet the BCCDC Skills Checklist in order to administer COVID-19 vaccinations. 

For more information, please visit bcpharmacy.ca/events
 

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