Impact of pharmacist-led education and operational changes on pneumococcal conjugate vaccine administration rates Amy Robinson, John Pearson, Jun Wu Greenville Hospital System PGY1 - Greenville, SC
Background/Purpose: Evaluate if pharmacist-led education and policy changes emphasizing the importance of inpatient vaccinations are effective in increasing the administration rates of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13) in a large academic medical center.
Methodology: This quality-improvement (QI) study compares a pre-QI and post-QI period, with the interventions of pharmacist-led nursing education and operational changes. Operational changes include the storage of vaccines on nursing units, unit-based pharmacists and nursing collaboration to input vaccine registry information into Epic, and a hard stop on the MAR if the vaccine was not administered. Educational materials were dispersed to Nursing Leadership, who, along with a pharmacist, educated unit nurses via flyers and in person. The impact of our interventions will be assessed by comparing differences in PCV13 administration rates during the pre-QI and post-QI periods as the primary outcome. Secondary outcomes include ICU versus floor administration rate, the percentage of patients with the admission diagnosis of pneumonia who receive PCV13, and the percentage of patients who are at risk for invasive pneumococcal disease who receive PCV13.
Presentation Objective: Determine if pharmacist-led education and operational changes can be utilized to improve inpatient vaccine administration rates.
Self-Assessment: What role can pharmacists have in increasing inpatient vaccine administration rates?
