✨ Childhood Immunisation Guidelines
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NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 73
27 JUNE 2007
(a) is born and the parent or guardian identifies the nominated
provider when enrolling on the National Immunisation Register
("NIR") (the NIR system sends a message to the nominated
provider informing them they have been identified as the
nominated provider); or
(b) is referred from the lead maternity carer after birth; or
(c) is referred from a Well Child service provider at approximately
six weeks of age for immunisation services; or
(d) joins the practice.
Responsibilities end when the child:
(e) is transferred to another immunisation service provider; or
(f) advice is received by the practice that the child has left the
practice; or
(g) is lost to follow up (after reasonable and repeated efforts to
contact the caregiver have failed, and appropriate referral has
been undertaken as detailed below).
Where the immunisation episode scheduled at age 11 is not given
through a school programme, each general practice is also responsible
for ensuring that this episode is offered. In areas where there is a
school immunisation programme, parents still have the choice to have
the 11 year episode given by their general practice/Primary Health
Organisation. The District Health Boards will assist (where privacy
issues are satisfied) by supplying regular lists of children who have
been vaccinated at school to all general practitioners.
When a child is late for immunisation, despite recalls, the primary care
provider shall refer the child to an appropriate Well Child service
provider or immunisation co-ordinator or community immunisation
service (depending on local arrangements, and privacy and consent
issues) to either facilitate or undertake the child’s immunisation and
report back. Definitions for immunisation on time, overdue, non-
responder and declined are set out in the national standardised
terminology for immunisation audit.
Linkages with other services
Linkages between services can be important in ensuring that children
receive their entitled immunisation and Well Child services, and that
health and development problems are detected early and interventions
started.
Co-ordination between providers is important to monitor trends and
targets in immunisation services, and may need to be involved for
some children:
- Immunisation co-ordinators working for a Primary Health
Organisation (PHO), Independent Practitioners’ Association
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VUW Te Waharoa —
NZ Gazette 2007, No 73
Gazette.govt.nz —
NZ Gazette 2007, No 73
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