NCIRS fact sheets, FAQs and other resources

For health professionals

• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander immunisation

  Supporting conversations about vaccinations with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

• COVID-19

  COVID-19 vaccines: Frequently asked questions

  COVID-19 and children: Frequently asked questions

  COVID-19 vaccine decision aids

  COVID-19 vaccination: summary for immunisation providers

  COVID-19 vaccination: Discussion guide for medical exemption

  Communicating with people who are unvaccinated against COVID-19

  COVID-19 vaccination program in Australia
• Vaccine preventable diseases

  COVID-19

  DTPa-HB-IPV-Hib vaccine (Vaxelis® and Infanrix hexa®)

  Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib)

  Hepatitis B

  Human papillomavirus

  Influenza

  Japanese encephalitis

  Measles

  Meningococcal

  Mpox (formerly known as monkeypox)

  Mumps

  Pertussis

  Pneumococcal

  Poliomyelitis

  Rotavirus

  Rubella

  Varicella-zoster (chickenpox)

  Zoster

  Vaccines for Australian adults 

  Vaccinations during pregnancy

• Vaccine safety

  Homeopathy and vaccination 

  MMR vaccine, inflammatory bowel disease and autism 

  Thiomersal 

  Vaccines, allergy and asthma 

  Vaccine components 

• Vaccination-related clinical resources

  Multiple vaccinations for children resource

  Immunisation for individuals with additional needs - Practical guide

  Measles vaccination catch-up guidelines for Australian immunisation providers

  Influenza vaccination post GBS guidelines 

  Injection site reactions

• Vaccines delivery and AIR

  Vaccination from community pharmacy - at a glance

  COVID-19 vaccination from community pharmacy

  Co-administration of vaccines for adults: a guide for immunisation providers

  Australian Immunisation Register and transition to web services

  Requesting and viewing the COVID-19 Vaccination Status Report (AIR042A)

  Enhancing data quality of vaccination encounter recording in practice software and on AIR: tips and tricks

  Supporting and understanding delegations in HPOS to enable access to the Australian Immunisation Register

  Administration of vaccines – Scope of practice for healthcare professionals

  Authorised nurse immuniser courses accepted in states and territories

• ATAGI clinical advices

  COVID-19 

  ATAGI clinical guidance on COVID-19 vaccine in Australia 

  For more statements and clinical advice from ATAGI on COVID-19 vaccination, visit our COVID-19 vaccination program page.

  Zoster

  ATAGI statement on the clinical use of zoster vaccine in older adults in Australia

  Influenza

  ATAGI advice on influenza and COVID-19 vaccines

  Clinical advice for vaccination providers – 2022 influenza vaccines

  ATAGI advice on seasonal influenza vaccines in 2022

   

  National Immunisation Program Schedule changes - 1 July 2020

  ATAGI clinical advice on changes to recommendations for the use and funding of meningococcal vaccines from 1 July 2020

  ATAGI clinical advice on transitioning to the new hepatitis A vaccination schedule on the National Immunisation Program from 1 July 2020

  ATAGI clinical advice on changes to the vaccine recommendations and funding for people with risk conditions from 1 July 2020

  ATAGI clinical advice on changes to recommendations for the use and funding of pneumococcal vaccines from 1 July 2020

  ATAGI clinical advice on the changes to vaccine recommendations and funding for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people from 1 July 2020

  ATAGI clinical advice on changes to vaccine recommendations for older non-Indigenous adults from 1 July 2020

• Talking about immunisation with patients

  Sharing Knowledge About Immunisation (SKAI)

  SKAI — Sharing Knowledge About Immunisation — is a suite of vaccination communication support tools. SKAI is designed to facilitate conversations about vaccination between families and healthcare professionals. The package includes eLearning, websites and tools for healthcare professionals and websites for parents.

  Access the SKAI resources here

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  Supporting conversations about vaccinations with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

  This page is for immunisation providers (GPs, nurses, pharmacists) providing vaccinations to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families.

  The purpose of this page is to provide you with information and resources that help you to have supportive, culturally appropriate vaccination conversations with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families. While we focus here on influenza vaccination, the principles can be applied to other vaccinations.

  Access this resource here

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  Multiple vaccinations for children resource

  This resource supports conversations between healthcare professionals and families about administering multiple vaccinations for children. The resource addresses a number of frequently asked questions and provides links to further information, including Australian vaccine safety data, details on the childhood immunisation schedule and useful resources for families. 

  Access this resource here 

• Strategies to increase vaccination uptake

  Tree of community informed strategies to increase childhood vaccination rates

  This resource provides a visual summary of some practical strategies (in tree foliage) that health services may want to use to improve childhood vaccination rates in communities with known socioeconomic disadvantage and little ideological opposition to vaccination. 

  Immunisation stakeholders across Australia are invited to use and adapt the ‘tree’ to their local needs when designing tailored strategies to help more families get their children vaccinated on time. Strategies included in the tree are not meant to be exhaustive; there may be other localised strategies helpful in addressing childhood undervaccination. 

  Access this resource here
  
  Access print-ready version here

   

  Communicating with people who are unvaccinated against COVID-19

  This resource provides a brief summary of perspectives on COVID-19 vaccines from unvaccinated adults living in Australia who were interviewed in late 2021. Informed by these findings, social science researchers at NCIRS and the University of New South Wales, Sydney developed recommendations to help improve communication between health authorities, providers, unvaccinated individuals and their friends and families.

  Access this resource here