Immunisation Update for Nurses

This course meets the mandatory requirements of the National Minimum Standards for Immunisation Training (2015).

Public Health England (PHE) and Public Health Wales (PHW) recommend that those undertaking immunisation should have yearly updates.

Delegates should have attended a two day foundation course prior to attending yearly updates.

Course duration One day

Aims/outcomes · Be able to provide accurate and up to date information about diseases and vaccines · Provide a safe, effective and high standard of care.

Content · Current issues in vaccination · Recent epidemiology of vaccine preventable diseases · Changes to the National Immunisation Schedule · Changes to legislation relevant to vaccination · Anaphylaxis recognition and management · Review of current practice and identification of areas for improvement · Q&A session for commonly encountered problems in practice