2024 PSW Immunization Updates on pneumococcal vaccines is presented by members of PSW’s Community Pharmacy Advisory Committee and Ambulatory Care Advisory Committee. In this podcast, Ryan Bender, Pharmacist and Director of Clinical Services for Forward Pharmacy and Sarah Ray, CUW SOP Professor and Clinical Pharmacist at Progressive Community Health Centers,  discuss the background, indications, formulations, mechanism of action, administration, and safety/efficacy of the available pneumococcal vaccines.  Please see the California Department of Public Health website, the CDC website, the CDC Pink Book, and Immunize.org for further information. 

Presenters:
Ryan Bender, PharmD, Pharmacist and Director of Clinical Services, Forward Pharmacy  
Sarah Ray, PharmD, BCPS, FAPhA, Professor at Concordia University Wisconsin School of Pharmacy and Clinical Pharmacist at Progressive Community Health Centers