Healthcare Professionals in National Immunisation Office

If you're a GP, a Practice Nurse or part of a HSE Immunisation Team click below for information on

• 4 in 1 and MMR School Programme
• Flu vaccine
• Hepatitis B vaccine
• HPV School Programme
• HPV vaccine for people living with HIV and MSM
• Meningococcal B Disease
• Meningococcal ACWY School Programme
• Pertussis
• Polio
• Pneumococcal Disease
• Rotavirus
• Rubella
• “Swine Flu” Pandemic Vaccine
• Tdap School Programme
• Tetanus
• Travel Vaccines
• FAQs
• Immunisation Catchup Schedule
• Immunisation Refusal Form
• Immunisation Guidelines
• School Programme
• Vaccine ordering and storage
• Correspondence
• Conferences

Guidance

• Immunisation Catchup Schedule (August 2018)
• Recommended vaccines for immunocompromised adults (July 2018)
• Mixing of Vaccines (Updated July 2018)
• The National Immunisation Advisory Committee Immunisation Guidelines for Ireland
• Supporting Information for Staff - Schools Immunisation Programme 2019/2020 academic year (Updated August 2019)
• Guidelines for vaccinations in General Practice
• Previous vaccine schedules
• FAQ's for Health Professionals
• Tetanus vaccination following a wound

Research

Evaluation of Information Materials, Training and Performance of the HSE National Cold Chain Service during the Implementation of the New Primary Childhood Immunisation (PCI) Schedule. Dr Breda Cosgrove Specialist Registrar in Public Health Medicine (November 2017)

An audit of HPV information materials from 7 countries. Dr Breda Cosgrove Specialist Registrar in Public Health Medicine (June 2017)

The National Immunisation Office in conjunction with United Drug recently distributed a questionnaire to all GP practices that receive vaccines from the HSE Cold Chain.

• Read the Customer Satisfaction Survey (2014)
• Read the Customer Satisfaction report (2008)

Uptake Statistics

• National Immunisation Uptake Statistics are available on www.hpsc.ie.
• Uptake statistics for the UK and Northern Ireland are avaialble on the UK Health Protection Agency website.
• International figures are available on www.who.it

This page was updated on 17 October 2019