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“All the tools, techniques and technology in the world are nothing without the head, heart and hands to use them wisely, kindly and mindfully.” - Rasheed Ogunlaru
Just starting out? Or feeling a bit rusty? You might find this extract from the workbook that I use on foundation immunisation courses helpful
Guides for parents about childhood immunisations
Parents and carers often have questions regarding vaccines, and this downloadable free, easy to read guide from the British Society of Immunology on UK childhood vaccinations is a useful educational resource to recommend.
Guide to immunisations for pre-school aged children
This leaflet details the vaccinations available to children aged 2 years old until they start pre-school. This includes information on the yearly flu vaccine, MMR and DTaP/IPV vaccines. This is available to download and order for free from the health publications website, product code: C24PSIM1EN.
A guide to immunisations at one year of age
This leaflet provides information on the 4 vaccines children will get at their one-year vaccination visit. This details the MMR, Meningitis B, Pneumococcal and Hib/Men C vaccinations. This is available to order and download for free from the health publications website, product code: 2024QG1EN. Translations and accessible versions are also available to order and download for free.
Childhood immunisation: quick guide for parents of premature babies
A leaflet for parents which describes the immunisations offered to premature babies.
This is a guide to the shingles vaccine available to those immunocompromised over 50 years of age and to those turning 65 or 70. This provides information on shingles, the Shingrix vaccine and eligibility. There are translated versions available too.
For translations of the UK immunisation routine scheduled vaccines, visit the HTML page and scroll down until you see all the options
Can't find a suitable language? Try the Vaccine Knowledge Project and use the translate feature on any page!
Language barriers needn't be barriers at all:
Need a hand working out what someone has been vaccinated with?
Could the ECDC help?
They provide the vaccine schedules in all countries in the EU/EEA
How about BCG vaccines around the world?
Try the BCG Atlas!
Can the WHO database help?
Here you can search for every vaccination schedule in the world or you can filter by disease - its AMAZING for figuring it all out!
Struggling to work out what someone has had while in the Armed Forces?
Advise them to do this....
Do you like a good visual?
You might like these posters.
Click on them to download the most recent versions.
TIP: visit the individual vaccine portals for more posters. If there is a poster for it, I will have linked to it!
Resources GALORE on
Health Publications.gov.uk
Vaccine manufacturers have some really useful resources, such as vaccine record books, leaflets, posters, world epidemiology maps, search tools, and free training modules. Click on the pictures to get to some useful FREE resources (please note I have no affiliation or preference for any particular drug companies and I am not being paid to promote anyone - these are just a selection of sites I thought you might find useful TRY ALL of the drug companies. They all have useful stuff to offer!)
Don't forget that your local representatives can often come in to your clinic if you need a bit of top up education. Reps are a font of knowledge and can educate your teams on very specific drugs. They know a HUGE amount about their products, and in my experience are SUPER PASSIONATE which is always an empowering experience.
