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The WA General Practice Network Immunisation Program, part of the National Immunisation Program, aims to improve the quality of vaccination services provided by general practice, with the overall goal of improving immunisation rates across Western Australia.
The major focus of the immunisation program is participation of general practitioners in the General Practice Immunisation Incentive (GPII) program with the outcome of improving overall immunisation coverage rates to >90% in children fully immunised under seven years of age.
The GPII Scheme is one of the Immunise Australia initiatives announced in 1997 as part of a Seven Point Plan to lift immunisation coverage rates in Australia and to reduce the incidence of vaccine-preventable diseases.
Each of the 13 WA Divisions implements an Immunisation Program. Each Division offers a range of services for GPs, Practices and patients including resources, new information and education regarding:
- Vaccines and vaccination schedules
- Vaccination Storage
- Data Management
- Recall and reminder for Immunisation
- Patient Education Resources
WA General Practice Network assists WA Divisions to work collaboratively through a supportive network.
Staff Influenza Program Report 2009
Useful Resources
The Australian Immunisation Handbook 9th Edition
The purpose of The Australian Immunisation Handbook is to provide clinical guidelines for health professionals on the safest and most effective use of vaccines in their practice.
The following resources have been developed to compliment best practice guidelines:
Comparisons of Effects of Vaccines and Diseases
Consent Fact Sheet
Documentation
Management of Tetanus-Prone Wounds
Pre-Vaccination Check List
Pre-Vaccination Screening
Recognition and treatment of Anaphylaxis
Vaccine Administration
Cold Chain Management
National vaccine storage guidelines: Strive for 5: Document outlining the basic principles for safe vaccine management. A concise, practical, user-friendly guide to vaccine storage, it is aimed at Australian vaccination service providers.
National Vaccine Storage Guidelines: Strive for 5
The following resources have been developed to compliment best practice guidelines:
WA Vaccine Management Policy and Protocol Template
The information contained in this document has been modified to suit Western Australia vaccine management from the original KISS (Keep it Simple and Safe) Guide to vaccine management developed as a joint initiative between General Practice Queensland and Queensland Health to support service Providers in effective vaccine management.
Cold Chain Breach Management for WA
ACIR – Australian Childhood Immunisation Register
The Australian Childhood Immunisation Register (Immunisation Register) was developed in response to a decline in childhood immunisation in Australia and the alarming increase in preventable childhood diseases. The Immunisation Register records details of vaccinations given to children under the age of seven who live in Australia, helping Australian parents to ensure that their children grow up healthy and are fully immunised. Health professionals also use the Immunisation Register to monitor immunisation coverage levels, service delivery and disease outbreaks.
The following resources have been developed to compliment best practice guidelines:
ACIR – How to record an immunisation encounter in WA
ACIR Secure Email
HPV Register
The HPV Register will support the National HPV Vaccination Program funded by the Australian Government. The HPV Register will play an essential role in monitoring and evaluating the program by recording information about HPV vaccine doses administered in Australia.
About HPV Registry | National HPV Vaccination Program Register
Child Care Centre Education and Support
Facilitators Presentation Manual
This facilitator’s manual has been designed to support Immunisation Program Officers in Western Australia General Practice Networks to provide education / training to child care centre staff and parents of children attending child care centres within the divisional region.
Other Useful Resources
Interpretation of an Overseas Immunisation Record
Catch Up Calculator
SA Department of Health - Introducing the Immunisation Calculator
Useful Websites
National
Immunise Australia Program
This website provides information about immunisation and Australian immunisation standards, including translations of some materials.
NCIRS
The National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance of Vaccine Preventable Diseases (NCIRS) was established at the The Children's Hospital at Westmead by the Commonwealth Department of Health in August 1997, to carry out research and give independent expert advice about all aspects of diseases which can be prevented by vaccination, particularly in children. It provides a national perspective on social and other issues related to immunisation.
GPII - General Practice Immunisation Incentive
The GPII scheme provides financial incentives to GPs that monitor, promote and provide immunisation services to children under the age of seven years.
Influenza Specialist Group
This website has been developed to provide you with all the latest information and current news on influenza.
Western Australia
Government of Western Australia – Department of Health – Public Health
How to Order publications
The Immunisation Alliance of WA
The Immunisation Alliance of WA is a new, voluntary organisation with broad representation from the WA community including Indigenous groups, ethnic groups, rural groups, youth, seniors and parents; and the health agencies, with the aim of improving the rates of immunisation in WA. Our target is to maintain a level of 90 percent full immunisation through the critical early childhood years. We aim to communicate information relating to immunisation to the WA community based on proven medical facts.
Key Contacts
WA General Practice Network
Shelly Howe, Immunisation Coordinator
Phone: (08) 9472 2922
Medicare Australia - ACIR
Wayne Pitts, ACIR Field Officer
Phone: (08) 9214 8246
AGPN
Helen Moore, Principal Adviser for Immunisation
Phone: (02) 6228 0800
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