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Introduction - NSW - guidelines
Immunisation in NSW
Immunisation Toolkit for General Practices
This Toolkit was developed to support general practices to implement the NSW Immunisation Program.
NSW Health have developed this Toolkit to support general practices
NIP Schedule
Funded NIP vaccines (NIP funded)
- NSW Immunisation Schedule updated July 2020 - order form
- Poster: A3 NSW Childhood Immunisation Schedule - order form
- Poster: Recommended sites for childhood vaccination in NSW
- Pneumococcal funding - July 2021
- Tear off pad: Following vaccination – what to expect
Funded catch-up vaccine (NIP funded)
- Catch up vaccines for 10 to 19 years
- Catch-up vaccines for 20 years and over (for refugees and humanitarian entrants)
Funded NSW vaccine (NSW Health funded)
Recommended (including non-funded) vaccines
- Recommended vaccines: For non-Indigenous Australians - NCIRS
- Recommended vaccines: For Indigenous Australians - NCIRS
- Recommended vaccines in Pregnancy: Influenza and pertussis vaccination in pregnancy - Clinical Advice
- Vaccination for health ageing (50 years and over) - Australian Immunisation Handbook
At-risk patients - Additional vaccinations
- Australian Immunisation Handbook | Vaccination for carers
- Australian Immunisation Handbook | Vaccination for adults (over 50 years)
- Australian Immunisation Handbook | Vaccination for people working with animals
- Australian Immunisation Handbook | Vaccination for occupational risk
- Australian Immunisation Handbook | Vaccination of migrants & refugees
- Australian Immunisation Handbook | Vaccination in pregnancy & breastfeeding
Clinical information & tools
- ATAGI | Clinical use of Zoster vaccine in older adults in Australia
- Australian Immunisation Handbook | Pre-vaccination checklist
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- Pneumococcal vaccination – Clinical decision tree for vaccination providers
- Australian Immunisation Handbook | Pneumococcal vaccination + Pneumococcal vaccination for <5 years
Clinical tools
- Australian Immunisation Handbook | Catch-up Calculator (for <10 years)
- PneumoSmart Vaccination Tool - Nov 2020, Immunisation Coalition
- Zostavax Screening Tool - NSW Health
- Meningococcal vaccination by age and risk group - Australian Prescriber
Immunisation Handbook
Access the Australian Immunisation Handbook
- Digital Handbook - online version for your computer
- Download Handbook App on your mobile phone
Resources from the Australian Immunisation Handbook
AIR | PRODA
Anaphylaxis | AEFI | Vaccine Safety
GP requirement: Basic Life Support
- BLS training requirements - and how often does this need to be renewed? RACGP
Adverse Events Following Immunisation
Reporting AEFIs
- Submit AEFI reporting form to TGA, and
- Contact your Public Health Unit on 1300 066 055
Anaphylaxis Kit
Minimum requirements for an anaphylaxis kit:
- Anaphylaxis response kit - requirements as per Australian Immunisation Handbook
- One kit per treatment room
- Check adrenaline expiry date
Anaphylaxis e-Training
The ASCIA anaphylaxis e-training course for health professionals 2021
- This course was developed by the Australasian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy (ASCIA).
- This free anaphylaxis course takes approximately 1.5 hours to complete and is suitable for all health professionals, including medical practitioners and nurses.
Download resources
- Anaphylaxis response kit - minimum requirements as per Immunisation Handbook
- Managing anaphylaxis after vaccination - poster from the Immunisation Handbook
- Anaphylaxis wallchart or order from Australian Prescriber: A3 poster
- Adrenaline dose chart - Australian Prescriber
Vaccine safety
COVID-19 vaccine safety
- TGA: COVID-19 vaccine weekly safety report
- AusVaxSafety: COVID-19 vaccine safety surveillance
General vaccine safety & resources
- Following vaccination - what to expect - order free pad from DOH
- AusVaxSafety - Vaccine Safety Data 2019
- Safety data - AusVaxSafety active vaccine safety surveillance system
Catch Up Schedules
Clinical tools
Catch-up Calculator (for children under 10 years) - Australian Immunisation Handbook
Resources
- 14 April 2021: Free catch up on vaccines for under 20s brochure
- Free catch-up vaccines for all individuals aged 10 to 19 years (ongoing) - Department of Health
- Free catch-up vaccines for refugees and humanitarian entrants aged 20 years and over (ongoing) - Department of Health
- Catch-up vaccination - Australian Immunisation Handbook
- Catch-up vaccination for adolescents and adults - Australian Immunisation Handbook
- Table: Number of vaccine doses the child should have received by their current age - Australian Immunisation Handbook
- Table: Minimum acceptable dose intervals for children less than 10 years of age - Australian Immunisation Handbook
- Catch-up immunisations - Department of Health
- WHO immunisation schedules by country
- Foreign Language Terms - aids to translating foreign immunisation records
Vaccine Account Number (VAN) | NSW vaccine centre
How to apply for a new VAN
To request new a vaccine account, email your Public Health Unit (PHU) with your contact details:
- South Eastern Sydney PHU: SESLHD-PublicHealthUnit-IMMTeam@health.nsw.gov.au
- Sydney PHU: SLHD-Immunisation@health.nsw.gov.au
- Phone: in NSW calling 1300 066 055 will direct to your local Public Health Unit
Which PHU does my practice belong to?
- Check my practice postcode here
Ordering vaccines
Order NIP vaccines from the NSW Vaccine Centre, once you have a vaccine account number:
- Log in to the NSW Vaccine Centre online ordering system
- Read NSW Vaccine Centre User guide for providers (Dec 2020)
- NSW Vaccine centre phone: 1300 656 132
Forms
- Vaccine Account Number (VAN) application form
GP Fax from NSW Health
Vaccine Information Sheet
The Australian Immunisation Register (AIR) is a national register that records vaccinations given to people of all ages in Australia.
Vaccination providers should record all vaccines given to patients on the AIR − including children, adolescent and adult vaccines.
- Keeping up with vaccinations - What’s new, what’s available and who to ask for help (peer reviewed)
- Fact sheets and FAQs (NCIRS) on various diseases and vaccines such as HIB, Influenza, HPV, Meningococcal, Zoster, resources for adressing patient/parent concerns about immunisation and more
- NEW Measles vaccines for Australians (NCIRS)
- NEW Meningococcal vaccine 2019 recommendations by age and risk group - Australian Prescriber
- pdf Q Fever information for GP (468 KB) s
- pdf Rabies Vaccination and Post Exposure Protocol (141 KB)
- HPV fact sheet (NCIRS)
- HPV FAQs (NCIRS)
- Approach to influenza vaccination in patients with a history of Guillain–Barre Syndrome - AusVaxSafety
- pdf Following up overdue children (207 KB) - CESPHN guideline