Childhood immunisation: guidance notes for professionals
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Childhood immunisation: guidance notes for professionals

Published:
HPA on behalf of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety, August 2006. This is a revised version of Childhood immunisation: guidance notes for professionals, August 2004.

Description:
This flickover booklet provides important notes on immunisation for health professionals. It covers issues such as parental consent, general contraindications, specific contraindications, false contraindications, anaphylaxis/anaphylactic reactions, vaccine administration sites and the storage and handling of vaccines. Contact details for local consultants in communicable disease control and consultant paediatricians are also provided along with the recommended routine immunisation programme.

Format:
10.5cm x 16.5cm, 12 pages, booklet

Other formats:
PDF available
here (65kb)

Target group:
Health professionals

Additional information:
These booklets have been distributed to health professionals as part of an information pack.
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