Counties Manukau pharmacies first to offer blood product to pregnant women

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Counties Manukau pharmacies first to offer blood product to pregnant women

Jonathan
Chilton-Towle
Anti D First Dose
Patient Soheila Shakari receives her first dose of prophylactic anti-D from pharmacist Michael Mishriki at the Botany Superclinic Pharmacy

Counties Manukau DHB has become the first in New Zealand to allow community pharmacies to administer blood products. Jonathan Chilton-Towle reports

Twelve Auckland pharmacies have started offering pregnant women doses of the blood product anti-D in a groundbreaking pilot. About 17 per cent of N