Immunisation Resources
Seasonal Influenza 2019
- Influenza handbook chapter (Australian Immunisation Handbook)
- What you need to know - 2019 Seasonal Influenza (NSW Health)
- Seasonal influenza vaccination program 2019 (NSW Health)
- Influenza Vaccination Provider Toolkit (NSW Health)
- Influenza-related Posters and Resources (NSW Health)
- Influenza fact sheet (NCIRS)
- Influenza FAQs (NCIRS)
- ATAGI Clinical Advice on 2019 Influenza Vaccine (Department of Health)
- Immunisation of young children against influenza – evidence review (NSW Health)
- Maternal influenza vaccination - evidence review (NSW Health)
- Anaphylaxis response kit (required for management of AEFI) (Australian Immunisation Handbook)
Immunisation Schedule
- Immunisation Schedule from April 2019 (NSW Health)
- pdf NSW Immunisation Schedule from March 2019 with dose numbers (173 KB)
- Additional Commonwealth and NSW-funded free vaccines (NSW Health)
- Following vaccination - what to expect and what to do (tear-off pads for patients)
- pdf Recommended Injection Sites for Childhood Vaccination in NSW (680 KB)
- National Immunisation Program (childhood) schedule changes from 1 July 2018 – clinical advice for vaccination providers
- ATAGI clinical advice to support changes to the National Immunisation Program from 1 July 2018
- pdf Practice Software advice relating to the 1 July 2018 Immunisation Schedule changes (391 KB)
Immunisation Handbook
Vaccine Information Sheet
- 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
- 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)
Catch Up Schedules
- Catch-up vaccination (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)
- Immunisation catch up calculator for children less than 10 years
- Additional Commonwealth and NSW-funded free vaccines
- NIP: Free catch-up vaccines for all individuals aged 10 to 19 years (ongoing) (Department of Health)
- NIP: Catch up vaccines for refugees and humanitarian entrants aged 20 years and over (ongoing) (Department of Health)
- WHO immunisation schedules by country
- Foreign Language Terms - aids to translating foreign immunisation records
AIR - Australian Immunisation Register
- Requesting AIR Secure Site Access
- Accessing AIR via HPOS
- Application to register as a vaccination provider form (IM004) - You can apply as an individual or as an organisation
- pdf How to obtain a practice log in for AIR (419 KB)
- pdf How to submit and update an encounter (982 KB)
- Immunisation medical exemption form (IM011) January 2016 Use this form if you are a general practitioner and would like to notify an individual’s vaccination exemption due to a medical contraindication or a natural immunity.
- pdf How to request AIR 10A Due/Overdue Practice report (1011 KB) (CESPHN)
- pdf (1011 KB) How to identify and amend dose number errors in AIR (CESPHN)
- Immunisation Enrolment Toolkit for Early Childhood Education and Care Services
- Using the Australian Immunisation Register - helpful resources and videos created by QLD Health
- AIR Online Education Modules
Cold Chain Management
- Strive for Five - National Vaccine Storage Guidelines 2013
- pdf Cold Chain Management and Power Failure (229 KB)
- pdf Vaccine Storage Management (UPS, Coolers and Thermometers) (139 KB)
- Temperature monitoring chart for esky/cooler
- pdf Vaccine Fridge Temperature Chart Twice Daily Log (255 KB)
- QCPP Compliant Vaccine Refrigerators 2019
- pdf Moving Premises - Cold Chain Management (199 KB)
- Annual Self Audit - Vaccine Management and Storage
- HETI Vaccine Storage and Cold Chain Management online training module
- Cold Chain Breach Protocol Flowchart
- pdf Purpose built vaccine refrigerator organiser (235 KB)
Data Loggers
- pdf Data Logger - Information Sheet (230 KB)
- pdf Data Logger - Log Tag - How to download data (226 KB)
- pdf Data Logger - Log Tag - How to analyse data (365 KB)
- pdf Data Logger - Log Tag - How to configure (196 KB)
- pdf Data Logger - Tiny Tag - How to download data (181 KB)
- pdf Data Logger - Tiny Tag - How to interpret data (215 KB)