Department of Pharmacy Practice organized a half-day ‘Seminar on Immunization Dialogue’ on 6th February 2018 between 2 and 5 PM at Dr. Sri Rajendra Centenary Auditorium, JSS Hospital Mysore. The objective of the seminar was to update the Health Care Professionals (Doctors, Pharmacists and Nurses) who are involved in the immunization process on Safe & Quality Use of Vaccines. Dr. Jyoti Jain, Head, South Asia & Asia Coordinator for the Global Antibiotic Resistance Partnership (GARP) Project, Centre for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy (CDDEP), New Delhi, Dr. M D Ravi and Dr. S N Prashanth, Professors from Department of Pediatrics, JSS Hospital, Mysore and Ms. Juny Sebastian, Lecturer, Department of Pharmacy Practice, JSS College of Pharmacy, Mysuru were the speakers for the seminar. During the seminar, the speakers discussed various aspects of safe and quality use of vaccines such as transport and storage of vaccines, safe administration practices, basics of Adverse Events Following Immunizations (AEFIs), vaccine advocacy and importance of effective communication in case an AEFI to the media/public. There were 152 healthcare professionals including postgraduate and internship students of medical, nursing and pharmacy, and Practicing Pharmacists, Nurses and Pediatricians and Teaching Faculties of Pharmacy, Nursing and Pediatric Department attended the said seminar. Many of the practicing healthcare professionals made use of the question / answer session to clarify their doubts from the experts in the vaccinology field. Participants expressed that they were benefited from the seminar as it dealt with more of practical information than the theoretical aspects. The overall feedback on the seminar provided by the participants was encouraging. The organizers acknowledge and thank the administrators of JSS College of Pharmacy, Mysuru and JSS Hospital, Mysuru for their support and cooperation in the successful conduct of said event.
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