The pharmacists welcomed the intention of the legislator to increase the vaccination Coverage and to protect the population in Germany against measles. In addition, the protection of the law to 1 with the current decision of the Federal Council to the Measles. March 2020 the possibility that pharmacy flu shots offer in the context of regional model projects. From then on, you can redeem repeat prescriptions of Physicians, which entitle the holder to multiple charges for a medicinal product to patients.
"We want to help more people in Germany are vaccinated against the flu. Pharmacies are low-threshold points of contact for millions of people, the competent health on-site consultation suchen", Friedemann Schmidt, President of the ABDA &ndash says; Federal Union of German associations of Pharmacists: "What is in America or France, you can work in this country. Regional model projects are the right way to try, whether and how the goal can be achieved, to reach the pharmacies even more people with the vaccine." Schmidt further: "It is also clear that the professional must be well prepared. The pharmacists are aware of their responsibilities and any risks to be well aware of." According to the German drug testing Institute (DAPI) were in 2018, only 184 per 1,000 Insured persons vaccinated against influenza.
For the implementation of the repeat prescription, there is a need for further agreements. So the pharmacists, and health insurers must agree in the so-called framework agreement on the procedure of settlement of such regulations through pharmacies. In the future a doctor should be allowed to issue a prescription, a drug may be gradually up to four times. The regulations are particularly marked. You may be supplied up to one year after the date of issue, to the detriment of the statutory health insurance Fund through pharmacies. In particular chronically ill patients, who are well-adjusted to a medicinal product, can save time and effort.
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