The WNSW PHN Immunisation Program aims to support the quality of vaccination services to protect individuals and communities from vaccine – preventable disease.
WNSW PHN is able to assist and support practise in the following key areas:
- Provide support to practices in low coverage areas to achieve an immunisation coverage rate above 90%
- Data cleansing and reconciliation of Australian Childhood Immunisation Register Reports with practice records; establish practice recall and reminder processes for overdue children
- Promote accurate and timely notification of immunisation encounters to the Australian Childhood Immunisation Register
- Assist with reporting issues such as barriers to electronic information transfer
- Distribute current immunisation resources to practices on request
- Assist in the management and storage of vaccines, as recommended in the National Vaccine Storage Guidelines “Strive for 5”
- Cold chain management including data logging services for annual vaccine fridge audit, accreditation purposes, following cold chain breach including power failure
- Utilise existing data extraction tools to identify patients for specific vaccination e.g. Annual flu clinics
Visit our resource page for further information and website links.
Immunisation Resources
- NSW Immunisation Schedule (July 2020)
- Recommended Sites for Childhood Vaccinations in NSW (July 2020)
- Immunisation – Australian Government Department of Health
- Free Catch up vaccinations for people with medical risk factors, refugees and humanitarian entrants (all ages)
- National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance (NCIRS)
- NSW Health Immunisation Programs
- School-based human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination for children aged 12 to 13
Australian Immunisation Handbook
Vaccine Cold Chain Management
- National Vaccine Storage Guidelines: "Strive for 5" 3rd edition
- NSW Health Cold Chain Toolkit
- Vaccine Storage and Cold Chain Management
- Vaccine Storage and Cold Chain Management Policy
- Quality Auditing Reporting System (QARS)
- Vaccine Cooler Temperature Chart
- How to order vaccines online
- Receiving a vaccine delivery
Cold Chain Breach
- Isolate / quarantine vaccines – keep refrigerated and do not use
- Contact your local public health unit (PHU) on 1300 066 055
- Complete the Cold Chain Breach Reporting Form and email to PHU; include data logger readings and the chart of min/max monitoring (am & pm).
Immunisation for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People
- Immunisation for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
- National Immunisation Program Schedule for all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people (July 2020)
PRODA AIR
- Australian immunisation register (AIR)
- AIR vaccination provider transition from authentication file to PRODA
- Sample Medicare provider call to action letter
- PRODA education for health professionals eLearning program
- AIR education for vaccination providers
- Enhancing data quality of vaccination encounters recorded in practice software and on AIR
Resources
- Managing anaphylaxis
- Avoiding shoulder injury related to vaccine administration
- Common side effects following immunisation for NIP Vaccines
- Save the Date to vaccinate app
- Questions about vaccination – answers to many common questions
- Australian Academy of Science 2016, The science of immunisation/Questions & Answers
- Recommended Sites for Childhood Vaccinations in NSW (July 2020)
Emergency Preparedness
- NSW Health 2020 Infectious disease alerts
- RACGP Practice Management – Emergencies and Pandemics fact sheets
- NSW Health Seasonal Influenza
- Pandemic Influenza Department of Health
Immunisation Education and CPD online modules
- HETI Vaccine Storage and Cold Chain Management online training module (certificate)
- NCIRS Sharing Knowledge About Immunisation (SKAI) e-learning module
- NCIRS for health professionals including Seminar / Webinar Series
- RACGP webinars
- The Australian Academy of Science – videos
- PRODA education for health professionals eLearning program
- AIR education for vaccination providers
- APNA Immunisation in the General Practice Setting (free for members)
- Online courses for immunisation service providers – Queensland Health
- Australian College of Nursing: Immunisation for Health Practitioners
- APNA An Orientation for Nurses New to General Practice (free for members)
Q Fever
- The Australian Immunisation Handbook Q Fever
- ACRRM GP Q fever online module
- The Australian Q Fever Register
Yellow Fever
- Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine
- ACRRM GP Yellow fever vaccination course online module
- Department of Health
- National Guidelines for Yellow Fever Vaccination Centres and Providers
- NSW Health Update for yellow fever vaccination centres and providers
Tuberculosis
PIP Quality Improvement Measures
PEN CS Training Guide:
https://www.pencs.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Pen-CS-PIP-QI-Training-Guide-2019-1.pdf
To be eligible to receive a PIP QI payment general practices must:
- be eligible to claim PIPs – be accredited or registered for accreditation
- register for the PIP QI Incentive through Health Professional Online Services (HPOS) from 1 August 2019
- electronically submit data to Western NSW Primary Health Network – WNSW PHN has elected to use PEN CAT tool for practices to submit data
- undertake continuous quality improvement activities in partnership with WNSW PHN
Improvement Measures – Influenza Immunisation PEN CS Recipes
- Proportion of patients aged 65 and over who were immunised against influenza
- Proportion of patients with diabetes who were immunised against influenza
- Proportion of patients with COPD who were immunised against influenza
PEN CS Webinars
https://www.pencs.com.au/support/webinars/
More Webinars
Contact Us
Michelle Droulers
Immunisation & Cancer Screening Coordinator
Phone: 0418 713 979
Email: