New Zealand Gazette – 2001 – No. 172

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✨ Immunisation and Well Child Services



19 DECEMBER

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

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d) opportunistic immunisation of children who are not enrolled or registered patients of that General Practitioner and those attending for other reasons who are found to have missed scheduled immunisations;

e) encouraging parents/caregivers of children who are either not enroled or are not registered patients to enrol with primary care and well child providers;

f) ensuring whenever possible that tuberculosis and hepatitis B prophylaxis are prescribed and given if indicated;

g) where appropriate as the Lead Maternity Carer, inform the local immunisation co-ordinator, with the relevant parental consent, of babies born to mothers who are hepatitis B carriers;

Recall registration, immunisation information and certificates

h) for any child registered or enroled with the practice, or for a child neither enroled nor a registered patient, obtaining immunisation history at the appropriate time and where available from previous provider, or a regional / national register, or other immunisation history source (including the Tamariki Ora Well Child Book or Immunisation Certificate);

i) providing parents and caregivers a schedule of due dates for their child’s immunisations;

j) accurately and completely recording immunisation episodes (including the vaccine given, the date of administration, batch number, expiry date of vaccine and site of administration, vaccinator’s name) in:

•    practice records (electronic and/or written)
•    the Tamariki Ora Well Child Health Book;

k) ensuring the child’s NHI number and current address is in the practice records;

l) transmitting information on immunisation episodes electronically (in an agreed and notified format) to:

•    Health Benefits or our nominated agent (this applies to both claiming and non-claiming vaccinators)
•    any regional and/or national immunisation data network, provided that the network has met all relevant privacy, governance, ethical and iwi considerations (note: some practices have exemptions from electronic data transfer, but if so will send the same information in hard copy);

m) maintaining and making appropriate use of an accurate immunisation recall register, including reminding parents/caregivers of due dates and recalling those who are delayed or late in attending for vaccinations;

n) liaison with other providers regarding children who are not registered or enroled to ensure they are placed on a recall system;

o) referring any child (including any child not registered or enroled with another practice), who is known to be more than two months overdue for any immunisation event, and who has not responded to at least three contacts, to either an appropriate immunisation outreach, a Well Child Service, or the local immunisation co-ordinator;

p) completing immunisation certificates following the 15 month immunisation episode and the pre-school immunisation episode when implemented in 2001;



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🏥 Linkages with Other Services for Immunisation and Well Child Services (continued from previous page)

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
Immunisation, Well Child Services, Coordination, Healthcare Providers, Public Health, Paediatric Services, Tamariki Ora, Plunket, Maori Health, Pacific Health, IMAC, CARM, Family Start, Strengthening Family Programme