Evening All

Thank you all for your comments. I have been having trouble finding definitive guidance on the matter. I am aware that some Trusts are allowing HCAs and OHTs to give flu vax ,but they are reluctant to share their documentation when we last discussed it.

Happy to still receive any more info if there is more data out there. If I find anything, I'll post it here.

Now off to persevere to find a practice tutor/teacher assessor for one of my team who is trying to do the PT course via UWS.

Thanx again

Iain

Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 19:30:13 +0000
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Subject: Re: [OCC-HEALTH] OHT Vax administration
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I have gone back and read my dissertation and must apologise, the HCAs vaccinating were participating in several different pilot schemes.

The article I refered to from the 00's was from Nursing in Practice discussing and evaluating a more recent pilot for training HCA's in Stockport.

http://www.nursinginpractice.com/default.asp?title=Administeringfluandpneumococcalvaccines&page=article.display&article.id=6424

In this pilot they used Patient Specific Directives rather than group directives. I guess this is easier for a GP practice with a list of patients over 18 and in the flu vax target group as these will be the first called to the practice each year. (there is a section which discusses the legal implications).

Jacqui

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