News and Updates - Immunisation

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Immunisation
News and Updates

2010
5 Mar: Fax to GPs - Updates on influenza immunisation, MMR, Pertussis, immunisation schedule change, Yellow Fever.

1 Mar: Fax to GPs - Seasonal influenza vaccine 2010

3 Feb: Early Protection Immunisation Programme: Information pack
Early Protection Influenza Immunisation Programme Information Pack provides information for DHBS, PHOs, primary care providers and immunisation providers to administer the pandemic monovalent influenza vaccine.

2009
13 Nov: Fax to GPs - Update on measles and pertusis

7 Sept: Fax to GPs, Practice Nurses and Health Professionals regarding measles - 'Active recall of all unimmunised people under 20 years' (PDF, 31 KB)

20 Aug: National Immunisation Register unavailable 21-24 August (Word, 34 KB)
The National Immunisation Register (NIR) will be unavailable from 3pm Friday 21 August until 7am Monday 24 August. You can get status query information on individuals over the weekend by calling Rachel Guthrie on 021 451 335.

Any message submitted from your practice system to the NIR during this time will be held and processed after it has been brought back on line again.

19 August: Fact sheet on information management

7 Aug: Images of the measles rash

20 July: Media release - Reminder to get immunised

6 July: Media release - Measles outbreak prompts vaccination push (links to beehive.govt.nz website)

30 July: Information sent to GPs in July about seasonal influenza vaccine, pandemic vaccine, measles and pertussis

24 Jun: Immunisation eLearning website launched
A unique website designed to help midwives, undergraduate nurses and childbirth educators to quickly and easily find useful information and resources about immunisation in New Zealand.

5 Mar: February update for Health professionals (PDF, 29 KB)

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Page last updated: 8 March 2010