
AR51 Immunisation and Anaphylaxis Essentials
Course summary
This course is for those new to immunisation or any current practitioner wanting to review the basics. It will help you develop a systematic and co-ordinated immunisation approach in line with the national minimum standards for immunisation.
Who should attend?
Practice nurses
Allied health professionals
Occupational health nurses
Community nurses
Aims / objectives
- Discuss immunity and immunisation against infectious disease
 - Understand the safe storage and administration of vaccines
 - Review the current child and adult immunisation programmes
 - Look at complex immunisation histories
 - Consider the legal aspects of giving immunisations and correct documentation
 - Examine current immunisation issues and controversies
 - Look at ways of improving vaccination uptake locally
 - Identify resources on best practice in immunisation
 - Review current anaphylaxis guidelines
 
Course programme
- Introduction to immunisation: aims, national and internal policy
 - Immunity
 - Types of vaccines
 - Vaccine preventable diseases
 - Cold chain
 - Injection technique
 - Cautions and contra indications
 - Childhood immunisation programme
 - Complex immunisation histories
 - Influenza and pneumococcal programmes
 - HPV vaccine
 - Anaphylaxis
 - Legal aspects of immunisation
 - Documentation and reporting
 - Current issues and controversies in immunisation
 - Strategies for improving vaccination rates
 
Led by
TBA
