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Old 06-13-2015, 05:39 AM
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Originally Posted by sunnyatlast View Post
Right. And the person who gives the shot at Walgreens or Target Pharmacy, in the event of a reaction and bad result for the patient, will be held to the standards required of them in the licensed position they are in, i.e. pharmacy technician.....while the physician in her practice as an MD will be held to the standards required of her as an MD.
In FL it is the pharmacist who gives the shots - flu, shingles, pneumonia, etc. I believe it is the same in other states, and typically they take additional training to do this.
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