29 November Immunisation Update
- XBB.1.5 vaccine onboarding
- Feedback: AIR042A Report
- Excess COVID-19 vaccines?
- Travel vaccines
22 November Immunisation Update
- COVID-19 infections increasing
- New Omicron XBB.1.5 vaccines
- Moderna Bivalent BA.4-5 discontinued
- ProQuad® brand no longer on NIP
15 November Immunisation Update
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- Vaccination coverage in RACF
- Shield yourself from shingles
- NCIRS shingles webinar videos
- NCIRS resource: Shingles FAQs
- AusVaxSafety commences Shingrix® surveillance
- Pertussis (whooping cough)
8 November Immunisation Update
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- NIP resources: Adult vaccinations
1 November Immunisation Update
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- NSW Immunisation Schedule – Oct 2023
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- Restrictions for Shingrix® ordering
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- Updated: Injection sites poster
- AIR tips
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- Maternal vaccination rates in NSW
25 October Immunisation Update
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- Shingrix® ordering – commences 30 Oct
- New: AIR042A report education modules
- COVID-19 reference documents
- 2023 flu vaccine safety data
18 October Immunisation Update
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- Webinar: New shingles vaccine on Australia’s NIP
- HPV vaccine – New overdue reminder letters
- Men B vaccine – New AIR due and overdue rules
11 October Immunisation Update
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- Shingrix NIP program – expanded to include 65+ years
- Measles alert in CESPHN
- Handbook – New COVID-19 Chapter
- Withdrawal from COVID-19 program
- Pfizer BA1 discontinued
4 October Immunisation Update
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- Cold Chain Audit commencing in October 2023
- NSW COVID-19 training requirements for nurses and pharmacist
- ATAGI clinical guidance transitioning to Handbook
- Booster advice FAQ
- New SKAI website
27 September Immunisation Update
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- Multiple vaccinations for children – New resource
- Prevenar 20 and Verorab vaccines added to the AIR
- Optimising adolescent and adult coverage rate methodologies – NCIRS report
20 September Immunisation Update
- Vaxelis factsheet
- Updated COVID-19 vaccine comparison poster
- Updated NSW Pharmacist Vaccination Standards
- Dealing with requests for vaccination exemption
- Authorised Nurse Immuniser Scholarships
13 September Immunisation Update
- COVID-19 Vaccination Training Program ending soon
- Additional 2023 dose of COVID-19 vaccine – updated resources
- Vaccinate Zostavax® eligible patients before 31 October 2023
- Webinar: Vaccination for people with disability
6 September Immunisation Update
- New ATAGI guidance: Additional dose of COVID-19 vaccine in 2023
- Common questions about Vaxelis® and Infanrix hexa®
- 2023 Immunisation coverage data
- Webinar recording: How to manage AIR overdue report
30 August Immunisation Update
- NIP funded Zostavax® for people aged 71-79 years – ends soon
- High school vaccination videos for HPV, dTpa, menACWY
- Stay well in Spring: NSW Health community influenza resources
- Influenza hospitalisation in children
- NCIRS webinar: Vaccination for people with disability
23 August Immunisation Update
- Measles: Bring Back Memories, Not Measles
- Flu: It’s never too late to vaccinate
- How to Action Immunisation Overdue Reports
- AIR Encounters and Reports
16 August Immunisation Update
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- Lunch and Learn: How to Action Immunisation Overdue Reports
- Recording available: Childhood Vaccination and Infectious Diseases update
- NSW Health community influenza resources and winter respiratory campaign
- Japanese encephalitis learning resource
- Translated resources: Childhood immunisation
9 August Immunisation Update
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- Health Professionals’ Kit – Routine Childhood Immunisation
- Shingrix® vaccine on NIP from 1 November
- Meningococcal B vaccination programs
- New HPV vaccine resources for adolescents and parents
- Request a Childhood Immunisation Overdue Report for your practice
- Lunch and Learn: How to Action Immunisation Overdue Reports
2 August Immunisation Update
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- Dinner and Networking CPD event tomorrow – Last chance to register
- NEW Cold Chain Breach Reporting Form – for SESLHD practices only
- Free flu vaccinations at Sydney Children’s Hospital
- MatterofVax podcast
26 July Immunisation Update
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- Dinner and Networking CPD event next week
- Rabies management following exposure
- Measles Alert: Randwick and Rose Bay
- Vaccine timeliness
19 July Immunisation Update
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- Register for upcoming networking event: Childhood Vaccination and Infectious Diseases update
- Maternal influenza vaccination in 2023
- 2023 influenza vaccines well tolerated by pregnant people
- Childhood Immunisation resources for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
- COVID-19 vaccine updates
12 July Immunisation Update
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- Practical guide: Immunisation for individuals with additional needs
- Flu impact on children and young people in NSW
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander – Childhood Immunisation resources
- COVID-19 vaccine updates: Moderna BA1 discontinued, VCF Connect discontinued, CVAS vaccine access
- Education: Vaxelis ® added to NIP schedule
5 July Immunisation Update
- Vaxelis ® added to NIP schedule
- Ongoing Bexsero® catch-up program
- New SKAI website launch
- Vaccination for Our Mob report
- COVID-19 vaccine reminders: extra CVAS order, Moderna BA45 allocation increase, mRNA expiry, infection risk, 2023 booster dose
28 June Immunisation Update
- Vaxelis ® added to NIP schedule
- Protect your patients from flu and COVID
- Discontinuation of Pfizer 12 years+ (Purple)
- Workshop: Addressing vaccine hesitancy
- Education event: Childhood vaccination schedule update
21 June Immunisation Update
- Workshop: Addressing vaccine hesitancy
- Free interpreting service for GPs
- Management guidelines for MERS coronavirus in general practice
- End of JEV emergency response
14 June Immunisation Update
- Workshop: Addressing vaccine hesitancy
- ASCIA Anaphylaxis Action Plans
- COVID-19 Vaccination Training Program update
- New: COVID-19 and Flu resource kits and social media tiles
7 June Immunisation Update
- Meningococcal alert
- Shingles vaccine funding ending soon
- Winter respiratory campaign resources
- Updated COVID-19 vaccine resources
- Webinar: APNA Changes to Paediatric vaccines on the NIP
31 May Immunisation Update
- New advice: Bivalent vaccines now preferred for primary course
- COVID-19 vaccine – Moderna BA1 discontinued, Pfizer (purple) phasing out, Novavax recall
- Request access to COVID-19 vaccine products
- Influenza vaccination: coverage & pregnancy
- ATAGI Annual Statement on Immunisation 2023
24 May Immunisation Update
- Update: Immunisation Handbook
- NSW Health: Influenza resources
- Scholarship: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
- COVID-19 vaccination in-reach
- Moderna Bivalent BA.1 discontinued
- Bivalent BA.4/BA.5COVID-19 booster vaccines well tolerated
- Study: COVID-19 vaccination highly effective against death in older Australians
- Updates to COVID-19 resources
- Winter respiratory communications – Phase one: Influenza
- Influenza vaccine
- Parents/carers of children 6 months to under 5 years
- Pregnant women
- Aboriginal people 6 months and over
- General hygiene behaviours
- Vaccination in pregnancy
- Enhanced AIR042A report
- NEW: Immunisation History Statement – COVID-19 and influenza only
- Co-administration – Flu and COVID-19 vaccines
- World Immunisation Week 2023 | 24 – 30 April
- NCIRS Nurse Scholarship – 2023 applications now open
- Tetanus case in NSW
- Ordering restrictions – COVID vaccines
- ‘Difficult to Vaccinate’ clinical pathway
- Childhood Immunisation campaign
- Vaccines must be protected from light
- NEW: Order free childhood immunisation resources
- NEW: Order free influenza resources
- NEW: Provider resources for First Nations’ people
- New AIR influenza vaccine codes
- COVID-19 Vaccine Claims Scheme
- Teen COVID vax – What to consider when parents say no
- COVID-19 vaccine “Top Up” campaign
- VCF Connect user guide
- Nurse Winter Vaccination Program
- New NSW Immunisation Schedule – March 2023
- Service Finder replaces VCF
- Last orders: Paediatric Moderna
- Additional orders: Moderna BA.4-5
- Meningococcal ACWY Vaccine Eligibility
- NSW Health – Influenza resources
- NIP resource collection – Influenza
- Excess COVID-19 vaccines?
- Culturally appropriate vaccination conversations
- Extensive updates to COVID-19 resources – replaces previous recommendations
- Milestone checks at scheduled childhood vaccination appointments
- CESPHN Annual Immunisation Update
- Moderna Bivalent BA.4-5
- Moderna Bivalent BA.1
- AstraZeneca – expiring + offboarding
- Decline in childhood immunisation
- MBS billing: Flu and COVID-19 vaccine
- Flu vax delivery
- Adolescent vaccination: impact of COVID-19 pandemic
- Bivalent vs Original booster
- NIP provider advice factsheets
- 2023 Influenza Vaccination Information
- Clinical updates: Zoster and Meningococcal vaccines
- Measles alert for plane passenger
- Anaphylaxis kit
- COVID-19 booster advice
- HPV vaccine – FAQs
- COVID-19 Cold Chain Breach (CCB) Reporting Form
- 2023 COVID-19 Booster Advice
- Pfizer bivalent BA.4/5
- Updated NIP schedule card
- 2023 Influenza vaccination
- Enhancements to the AIR for influenza vaccines
- Expressions of interest to join ATAGI
- Immunisation catch-up webinar – SECOND DATE ADDED
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Expanded eligibility for Lagevrio and Paxlovid
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Updated COVID-19 vaccination MBS items
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Free Translating Service
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Immunisation overdue reports – order report here
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Immunisation Education
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Childhood immunisation overdue reports
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Error noted on Rotarix wheel (printed resource)
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Mandatory reporting of Japanese encephalitis vaccines to the AIR
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Rabies and Australian Bat Lyssavirus (ABLV)
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Ensure your patients are still getting tested for COVID-19 when unwell
- Last COVID-19 vaccine orders for 2022
- Moderna Paediatric
- Manage your access to COVID-19 vaccines in CVAS
- Send clinical questions to the Taskforce
- Is a 5th dose recommended?
- Pfizer Bivalent – 12 Dec 2022
- Pfizer Paediatric – 16 Jan 2023
- CVAS news & updates
- ATAGI updated resources
- Expansion of NSW pharmacist vaccination program
- Are your patients up to date with COVID-19 vaccines?
- Order COVID-19 vaccines now – demand expected to increase with new infection wave
- 3 months since booster? Time for a second booster
- Significant updates to ATAGI infographic resource
- Expanded JEV vaccine access
- Ensure your patients are up to date with COVID boosters
- Declining HPV vaccine uptake in adolescents
- COVID-19 vaccines and menstruation
- Monkeypox Vaccination Training course
- Expanded authority for Authorised Nurse Immunisers
- Upcoming immunisation webinar topics: COVID-19, MPX, Shingles, Pregnancy
Topics include:
- Boosters for children 5 to 11 years
- MPX vaccine – Expanded access
- Zoster catch-up funding – ends soon
- Discontinued: Moderna Original
- Caution: Dosing & administration errors
Module: The Well Child Health program
Updated: NSW Pharmacist Vaccination Standards
ATAGI 2022 annual immunisation statement
14 September Immunisation Weekly Update
READ NOW: Immunisation Weekly newsletter – topics include:
- Measles notification in SESLHD
- Moderna Bivalent vaccine (Original/Omicron BA.1)
- Nurse Scholarship
7 September Immunisation Weekly Update
READ NOW: Immunisation Weekly newsletter – topics include:
- Monkeypox webinar update
- Childhood immunisation coverage data – June 2022
- Temporary medical exemptions for COVID-19 vaccines
- Paediatric COVID-19 vaccine rollout commences
- Nurse scholarship
- Webinar: Adolescent Vaccination
- Webinar: NCIRS 25 Year Anniversary Showcase live stream
31 August Immunisation Weekly Update
READ NOW: Immunisation Weekly newsletter – topics include:
- Immunisation Scholarship: for Practice Nurses
- Monkeypox: ATAGI clinical guidance
- Reminder: Update VFC & Vaccine Disposal
- Paediatric Moderna resources: Training module & Consent form
- Novavax vaccine for adolescents aged 12-17 years
- Vaccine Administration Errors: management guidelines
- COVID-19 In-Reach Vaccination PIP extension
- Dinner event: Shingrix education for GPs, nurses, and pharmacists
24 August Immunisation Weekly Update
READ NOW: Immunisation Weekly newsletter – topics include:
- Takie a break from COVID-19 Vaccination
- Monkeypox – Local transmission
- Disability – Vaccination services
- AIR functions integrated in MD and BP
- CoRiCal – risk calculator
- Pregnancy – 4th dose advice
- Moderna Paediatric – not recommended for all children
- Teeny Tiny Stevies song ‘I got you’
- Surveillance program – Myocarditis
17 August Immunisation Weekly Update
READ NOW: Immunisation Weekly newsletter – topics include:
- MPX – JYNNEOS consent form & factsheet
- Pneumosmart clinical tool
- Thaw expiry stickers Pfizer and Moderna
- Paed Moderna – EOI notifications & commencement date
- Oral treatments – no Medicare card
- Multicultural resources for COVID-19
- Upcoming immunisation webinars
10 August Immunisation Weekly Update
READ NOW: Immunisation Weekly newsletter – topics include:
- Alert: Meningococcal Disease
- Co-administration of vaccine
- MPX vaccine rollout
- MPX preparedness in General Practice
- Paid Zoom interview $150
- Flu reimbursement – Vendor set up
- Register interest for MPX vaccine
3 August Immunisation Weekly Update
READ NOW: Immunisation Weekly newsletter – topics include:
- COVID-19 vaccines for children aged 6 months to <5 years
- Monkeypox (MPX): vaccine access & availability
- New AIR code for smallpox vaccine
- GP knowledge gaps with Zostavax use in the immunocompromised
27 July Immunisation Weekly Update
READ NOW: Immunisation Weekly newsletter – topics include:
- Webinar recording: Managing respiratory infections in general practice
- Ukrainians in NSW: Access to immunisation and health services
- Immunisation providers needed to help shape the future of AIR
- Fourth dose eligibility – Quick reference guide
- Increasing rates of vaccinations of people with an intellectual disability
- TGA provisionally approves Novavax for use in 12-17 year olds
- EOI: Paediatric Moderna in General practice
20 July Immunisation Weekly Update
READ NOW: Immunisation Weekly newsletter – topics include:
- Flu vaccine reimbursement form
- Health professional education resources
- Need to improve booster and winter booster doses
- Interval between SARS-CoV-2 infection and re-infection / vaccination
- People with disability urged to get a booster
- Updated VCF Connect User Guide
- TGA provisionally approves Paediatric Moderna vaccine
13 July Immunisation Weekly Update
READ NOW: Immunisation Weekly newsletter – topics include:
- Authorised nurse immuniser scholarship
- Free flu vaccine end this Sunday, 17 July
- Expanded winter dose eligibility
- Long COVID
- How many COVID-19 vaccine doses do you need?
- Webinar: Supporting GPs to manage influenza and respiratory infections
- Winter wellness: launch of ‘Ask the Question’ campaign
6 July Immunisation Weekly Update
READ NOW: Immunisation Weekly newsletter – topics include:
- Free flu shots extended to 17 July
- Diphtheria cases in NSW
- Communicating with people who are unvaccinated against COVID-19
- SKAI Healthcare Providers Survey
- Current wave of infections in NSW driven by Omicron BA.4 and BA.5
- Novavax as a booster update
- Winter booster eligibility
- Proposed changes to menB vaccine recommendations
- Zostavax (shingles vaccine) supply issues
- ANI Scholarship for General Practice nurses
Upcoming immunisation webinars:
