Table 3 Barriers that influence pharmacists' readiness to provide vaccination
From: Readiness and willingness of Malaysian community pharmacists in providing vaccination services
Issue | Level of agreement | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Strongly agree, n (%) | Agree, n (%) | Disagree, n (%) | Strongly disagree, n (%) | |
Pharmacists are busy and have no time to provide vaccination | 28 (5.7) | 131 (26.6) | 243 (49.4) | 90 (18.3) |
Vaccination will add more work to pharmacists | 48 (9.8) | 245 (49.8) | 136 (27.6) | 63 (12.8) |
Patient safety is a concern | 235 (47.8) | 226 (45.9) | 24 (4.9) | 7 (1.4) |
Lack of pharmacists training in vaccination | 260 (52.8) | 199 (40.4) | 27 (5.5) | 6 (1.2) |
Pharmacists are less trusted by patients to provide vaccination services | 38 (7.7) | 123 (25.0) | 243 (49.4) | 88 (17.9) |
Pharmacy is not equipped to provide vaccination service | 101 (20.5) | 218 (44.3) | 123 (25.0) | 50 (10.1) |
Conflicts with other professionals who are eligible to vaccinate | 81 (16.5) | 175 (35.6) | 154 (31.3) | 82 (16.7) |
Concerns about handling vaccines, storage, and disposal of sharps item | 127 (25.8) | 197 (40.0) | 112 (22.8) | 56 (11.3) |
Pharmacists are not comfortable using needles | 41 (8.3) | 120 (24.4) | 225 (45.7) | 106 (21.6) |