Immunisation

The Immunisation program aims to increase the immunisation rate of the Division and improve the quality of immunisation services by ongoing education and support to GP's and practice staff.

Activities include:

• Cold chain training support and annual audit offered to all practices.

• GPII -assistance with data cleansing and systems at practice level.

• Ongoing GP and Practice Nurse Education.

• Regular meetings with other Tasmanian Divisions of General Practice and Tasmania General Practice Division re State-wide issues

• Division representation on DHHS immunisation network

Downloads

• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Panvax Information 

  • Provider information

  • Patient information

  • Poster

• Panvax ATAGI Guidelines

• Panvax ATAGI Guidelines for children under 10  

• Panvax MDV Poster Guide  

• Panvax Recall letter Templates  

• Make sure Swine Flu stops with You!  

• NCIRS fact sheets regarding vaccine preventable diseases  

• Target Population for Funded Influenza Immunisation DHHS Resource  

• Immunisation Resource Kit 2010  ^{June 2010}

• Immunisation Schedule 2010 (Including ATSI)  ^{May 2010}

• Handbook 9th Edition  

• Birthday Card Reminders  1 year old   4 years old  ^Updated

• 4 Year old healthy Kids check Poster   Booklet  

• Anaphylaxis Management Resource  

• Compliant Vaccine Refrigerators

• Multiple Immunisation sites  

• Pre-vaccination Checklist

• Rotarix Cut-Off Dates   

• Strive for Five  Cold Chain Guidelines

• Vaccination Procedures Summary Table  

• Vaccination Reactions  

Other Resources

• Commonwealth Health and Ageing

• Australian Childhood Immunisation Register

• North East Valley Division of General Practice - This site contains a range of valuable information and resources of benefit to GP's and Practices.

• Australasian Society for HIV Medicine - A range of ASHM Hepatitis C publications can be downloaded from the site, including "General Practitioners and Hepatitis C" booklet