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Immunisation
Latest immunisation newsletter
Read the latest newsletter online or select from one of our past newsletters. The current edition includes...
- National immunisation awareness week to be celebrated in Australia
- Free 2012 seasonal influenza vaccines
- Fever risk for co-administration of influenza and Prevenar 13 vaccines
- 2012 seasonal influenza vaccine program underway
- 13th National Immunisation Conference coming up
- New recommendations for revaccination with Pneumovax23 for people aged 15 years or over
- Check vaccine expiry dates
- Boostrix vaccine for new parents
- Victoria leads the way in delivering Prevenar 13 vaccine program
- Nurse immuniser update
- Hepatitis B vaccine birth dose data released
- Patient held record of immunisation – reminder
- Open fridge door most common cause of preventable cold chain breaches in 2011
- New fact sheet for parents addresses secondary school immunisation
- Take care with patient details for national vaccine reporting databases
- Burmese translations now available
- Further reading
National immunisation program schedule (NIP)
The routine schedule of vaccines provided free under the National Immunisation ProgramCriteria for the use of government vaccine
The Criteria for use of government vaccine lists the schedule of vaccines by brand name and who is eligible for free vaccine.What's new
The immunisations you may need are decided by your health, age, lifestyle and occupation. Together, these factors are referred to as HALO.
The Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Regulations 2006 is the mechanism by which Registered Nurses are currently approved to administer specified vaccines in specific circumstances such as nurse-led immunisation services in local councils.
The 2012 seasonal influenza vaccine program commences in March. Check your pre-allocation of vaccines for influenza and Pneumovax 23® and your previous influenza vaccine total delivery for 2011. Download a summarised fact sheet for the use of influenza vaccine in children and adults and a summarised fact sheet for Pneumovax 23® vaccine for adolescents and adults.
The childhood pneumococcal vaccine now protects against more strains. One and two year olds can get a free dose of the new pneumococcal vaccine from 1 October 2011 to 30 September 2012.
ATAGI recommends that revaccination with Pneumovax 23® should only be considered for patients at high risk of serious disease. For further information see Pneumococcal immunisation for older Australians at: http://immunise.health.gov.au/
