Please join us for this annual immunisation update. This is for healthcare professionals who have attended a two-day foundation course prior and require an annual update.
The session will include:
- Current issues in immunisation
- Recent epidemiology of vaccine preventable disease
- Any changes to vaccine recommendations or national policy
- Update on vaccine ordering, storage and administration
- Review of current practice, recent vaccine incidents and identification of areas for improvement
- Flu programme for 2023/24
- Anaphylaxis overview
- Q&A session for problems encountered in practice
- Quiz
Aims and objectives for the session:
- Ensure practice is safe and effective
- Provide accurate and up to date information about the relevant diseases and vaccines to the Patients, Parents and Carer’s
- Support individuals to make informed decisions about vaccination
- Promote public confidence in vaccination
- Improve the uptake of Immunisation
- Know where to request specialist advice if required
- Deliver a high standard of care
- Demonstrate competence in vaccine storage and administration
- Access and follow the recommendations detailed in the online version of Immunisation against infectious disease – the Green Book.
This course meets the mandatory requirements of the National Minimum Standards for Immunisation Training (2015).
Public Health England (PHE) recommend that those undertaking immunisation should have yearly updates.
You will receive a certificate of attendance on completion of the virtual training.
Your details will be shared with Point Six.
The cost of the course includes 20% VAT.