Immunisation News

25 June – Immunisation Update

Immunisation Update – 26 June 2025

• CESPHN national rank continues to improve for childhood vaccination coverage
• Change to supply of measles-containing vaccines
• Measles alert for Sydney
• NSW residents urged to act as COVID levels rise on top of influenza
• Japanese encephalitis resources updated
• University of Sydney seeking GPs for research study
• Education

18 June – Immunisation Update

• Join the Immunisation Working Group
• Register for free QI activities: Vaccination Recall Programs
• DVA eligibility for RSV vaccine
• Maternal Abrysvo ® vaccination program success
• New National Immunisation Strategy
• COVID-19 updates
• Education

11 June – Immunisation Update

• Cessation of MBS COVID-19 vaccine support items from 1 July 2025
• 2025 updates to anaphylaxis training
• RSV vaccine safety data and resources
• New NCIRS meningococcal vaccines FAQs resource
• Influenza vaccination coverage data update
• Changes to pharmacist vaccination programs
• Education

4 June – Immunisation Update

• Stay up to date with measles
• Protecting your patients from the flu
• First clade 1b mpox case in Australia
• Remind your patients about RSV and maternal vaccinations in pregnancy
• New First Nations and childhood vaccination resources

28 May 2025 – Immunisation Update

• Federal ministers and national media react to falling vaccination rates
• Be mindful of measles before and after Hajj
• COVID-19 vaccine update and new resource
• Flu Vaccine Updates
• ‘Possible but rare’ RSV vaccine risk
• First Nations maternal vaccinations poster

21 May 2025 – Immunisation Update

• CESPHN seeking Immunisation Working Group clinical representatives
• Lunch and Learn: Measles awareness and prevention in 2025
• Concerns rise as vaccination rates continue to fall
• The latest influenza vaccination coverage data
• Access to existing Q Fever statements in the Q Fever Register to end 30 June 2025
• Have your say about immunisation information
• New childhood immunisation video resources

14 May 2025 – Immunisation Update

• Lunch and Learn: Measles awareness and prevention in 2025
• Australia on track for record number of flu cases
• Free SMS recall – 2025 Quality Improvement programs
• Large-scale revamp of Handbook immunocompromised chapter
• In case you missed it… Beyfortus™ (nirsevimab) eligibility expansion
• Access to the Australian Immunisation Register – Residential Care Facilities
• Translated adult vaccinations factsheet

7 May 2025 – Immunisation Update

• Updates to NSW Pharmacist Vaccination Standards
• Free ‘RSV Protection for Infants’ modules
• Updated vaccine co-administration resource
• Report Q fever vaccination records before 30 June
• Flu vaccine orders and updates
• Your experience matters: Have your say on vaccine storage
• Respiratory Surveillance Report

30 April 2025 – Immunisation Update

• Updates to NSW Pharmacist Vaccination Standards
• Free ‘RSV Protection for Infants’ modules
• Updated vaccine co-administration resource
• Report Q fever vaccination records before 30 June
• Flu vaccine orders and updates
• Your experience matters: Have your say on vaccine storage
• Respiratory Surveillance Report

23 April 2025 – Immunisation Update

• NIP flu vaccine orders open
• National measles warning
• Catch-up measles vaccinations
• Vaccination coverage rates against measles
• Measles alert for Inner West Sydney

16 April 2025 – Immunisation Update

• Childhood vaccination parent interviews
• Measles situation in Australia
• Flu vaccination messaging
• Flu vaccine QI activities
• Updated Handbook flu chapter
• Maternal RSV resources
• Vaccines in pharmacy

9 April 2025 – Immunisation Update

• School holidays – Immunisation checks prior to travel
• Global measles outbreak – Free catch-up MMR vaccines for everyone under 60 years
• Measles alert for Eastern Suburbs
• SKAI – discussing maternal RSV vaccination
• COVID-19 resources – New and updated
• AusVaxSafety’s 2025 flu vaccine surveillance begins
• Education
• In case you missed it… Beyfortus™ (nirsevimab) eligibility expansion

3 April 2025 – Immunisation Update

• Expansion of infant Beyfortus™ (nirsevimab) eligibility
• Abrysvo® shelf-life extension
• ATAGI statement on administration COVID-19 vaccines 2025
• Measles warning amid rise in global cases
• Free Pneumococcal SMS recall program
• Vaccine co-administration guidelines
• Free education module: RSV protection for infants

26 March 2025 – Immunisation Update

• Free MMR vaccine in NSW for travelling infants aged 6 to 12 months
• 2025 NIP flu vaccine supply delays
• New AIR warning messages for RSV and flu vaccines
• Mandatory reporting changes to the AIR from 1 March 2025
• Parental barriers to childhood flu vaccination
• New data on RSV, flu, COVID-19 paediatric hospital admissions

19 March 2025 – Immunisation Update

• GP alert: Abrysvo® vaccine administration errors
• Annual immunisation update 2025 – recording now available
• Measles vaccine QI activity
• Beyfortus™ special order form

12 March 2025 – Immunisation Update

• RSV vaccine: Error alert
• Flu vaccination advice for 2025
• AIR infographics
• Arexvy® vaccine safety data
• Updated COVID-19 resources

5 March 2025 – Immunisation Update

• Infant RSV immunisation program launches this week
• Beyfortus™ (nirsevimab) dosage and administration
• Authority to administer RSV immunisation products
• NIP influenza program advice and ATAGI statement 2025
• Flu vaccine pre-allocation orders close on Friday

26 February 2025 – Immunisation Update

• Measles alert: Eastgardens, Botany, Alexandria, Sydney CBD and Darling Square
• Flu vaccine pre-allocation orders will close next week
• Mandatory AIR pregnancy status reporting starts next week
• Register for Pneumococcal Vaccination Recall QI Program in 2025
• Nurse education scholarship opportunities in 2025
• Education

19 February 2025 – Immunisation Update

• Flu vaccine pre-allocations now open
• Order: Maternal RSV consumer brochure
• Handbook RSV updates
• Influenza QI activities using PPR reports
• New childhood immunisation resources
• Education

12 February 2025 – Immunisation Update

• 2025 flu vaccine pre-allocations open next week!
• Introduction of NSW Health revaccination program for bone marrow transplant (BMT) recipients
• New AIR antenatal indicator
• Record numbers tune in to watch RSV webinar
• Suite of new and updated RSV resources
• Education

5 February 2025 – Immunisation Update

• Updated NSW Immunisation Schedule – Feb 2025
• Maternal RSV vaccine available on NIP this week!
• NSW Health resources
• Department of Health resources
• Reminder: Register for tomorrow’s RSV webinar
• Shield your patients from Shingles
• SESLHD free childhood immunisation clinics for 2025
• Education

22 January 2025 – Immunisation Update

• Maternal RSV vaccine available on NIP from 3 February 2025
• Abrysvo® reconstitution
• NSW Health resources
• Department of Health resources
• Infant RSV immunisation program to commence March 2025
• Authority to administer RSV immunisation products
• Handbook: RSV chapter updated
• RSV resources
• Education

15 January 2025 – Immunisation Update

• 2025 immunisation checklist
• Alert: RSV vaccine errors
• NSW immunisation schedule updated
• New COVID-19 vaccine clinic registration process
• Recommended sites for childhood vaccination
• Updates to AIR forms
• NSW webpage for childhood vaccination
• Education

18 December 2024 – Immunisation Update

• New no-freeze COVID-19 vaccine
• COVID-19 booster recommendations
• Japanese encephalitis virus risk
• Meningococcal update
• AIR uploads no longer available in MedicalDirector Clinical version 4.2
• Education

11 December 2024 – Immunisation Update

• Become an Mpox vaccine provider
• Revamped mpox FAQs
• Decline in childhood vaccinations
• COVID-19 JN.1 vaccine
• New AIR Tip: Immunisation history statements
• Expiring 2024 flu vaccines
• End of year closure and vaccine stock
• Updated COVID-19 resources
• Education

4 December 2024 – Immunisation Update

• Beat the summer heat – prepare for possible power disruptions
• Shingrix ® update
• AIR antenatal indicator
• Updated: Vaccination from community pharmacy
• New RSV vaccine history table

27 November 2024 – Immunisation Update

• Vaccine administration error (VAE) alert
• RSV vaccine funding in 2025
• Free child vaccine clinics in SESLHD
• COVID-19 Handbook chapter updated to include JN1 formulation
• Best Practice immunisation infographic
• Adolescent vaccination resources
• Education

20 November 2024 – Immunisation Update

• Infant RSV program in 2025
• New Pfizer JN.1 COVID-19 vaccine
• Measles alert: Sydney Inner West
• AIR enhancement update
• New-look AusVaxSafety data dashboard
• Countering misinformation about mpox
• Shingles program advice for health professionals
• Education

13 November 2024 – Immunisation Update

• Addition of RSV vaccination for pregnant women to the NIP
• Toolkit for Immunisation Providers
• Whooping cough outbreak worst on record
• GBS very rare adverse event following Shingrix vaccination
• Expressions of interest: join NCIRS’ Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Reference Group
• Education

5 November 2024 – Immunisation Update

• Clinical software upgrades and the AIR
• AIR eLearning and infographics
• AIH updates: Zoster (herpes zoster) chapter
• Childhood immunisation resources for parents
• Education (NEW mpox webinar added)

 30 October 2024 – Immunisation Update

• Ensure your eligible patients are vaccinated against Mpox
• NCIRS 2023 immunisation coverage report is now available
• 3G network closure: check your wireless data logger
• New COVID resources
• Education