New Zealand Gazette – 2007 – No. 73

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✨ Immunisation Guidelines Continuation



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practices have exemptions from electronic data transfer,
but if so will send the same information in hard copy);

• recording all immunisation events in the NIR. This
information is to be sent to the NIR either electronically or
manually by you as the vaccinator to the NIR
Administrator. Information must be submitted according to
the format supplied by the NIR and in accordance with
Appendix 2 of this Schedule.

(m) recording a decision by parents or guardians not to immunise
their child or children with a schedule vaccine or MeNZB™ in the
NIR. The decision to decline is either sent to the NIR
electronically or manually by you as the vaccinator;

• 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;

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

• referring any child (including any child not registered or
enrolled with another practice/Primary Health
Organisation), 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;

(n) completing immunisation certificates following the 15-month
immunisation episode and the pre-school immunisation episode;

(o) sharing of a child’s vaccination history with other vaccinators
subject to appropriate privacy considerations;

(p) informing the usual vaccinator of an immunisation episode within
two weeks if the vaccinator is not the usual vaccinator (the usual
vaccinator for any school-based vaccination programme is the
School Health Service.)

Service standards

(q) each general practitioner will meet the immunisation
requirements or standards for practitioners and follow the
immunisation guidelines in:

• any standards or guidelines distributed to vaccinators by
the Ministry of Health or the Medical Officer of Health, or
approved by the Ministry of Health (including the
Immunisation Standards in the current edition of the
Immunisation Handbook and any amendments); and



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🏥 Childhood Immunisation Services Guidelines (continued from previous page)

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Immunisation, children, health, vaccines, prevention, general practice, Well Child services, Tamariki Ora, Plunket, Maori health, Pacific health, public health, paediatric services, maternity services, early childhood education, schools, income support, Family Start, Strengthening Family Programme, CARM