Information materials
Information for at-risk groups
Information for healthcare workers
- Healthcare worker leaflet - English (1,632kb) | Irish (kb)
Information for children
- Children 2-17 leaflet - English (1,201kb) | Irish (kb)
Information for pregnant women
- Pregnancy leaflet - English (702kb) | Irish (709kb)
- Watch this short video on why it is important pregnant women get the flu vaccine (English)
- Watch this short video on why it is important pregnant women get the flu vaccine (Romanian)
Information for those giving Flu vaccine
- Clinic Poster - English (342kb), Irish (339kb)
- Health and care worker poster - English, Irish
- Poster for people recommended the flu vaccine - English, Irish
- Post vaccination advice (LAIV) - English (172kb), Irish (69.3kb)
- Algorithm (200kb) - All
- Algorithm (222kb) - Children
- Medicine Protocols and Training Materials
- HSELand e-Learning Modules - search for (you will be directed to the HSEland website)
- "Live Attenuated Influenza Vaccine (LAIV)"
- "Quadrivalent Influenza Vaccine (QIV)"
- Giving IM Injections
- Watch this short video showing how to administer LAIV vaccine to children
Resources
- NIAC - Immunisation Guidelines for Ireland (www.rcpi.ie) (you will be directed to the RCPI website)
- HPRA licensed vaccine information. (you will be directed to the HPRA website) Read the patient information leaflet (PIL) and summary of product characteristics (SmPC) about
- Influvac Tetra manufactured by Mylan
- Fluenz Tetra nasal spray suspension Influenza vaccine (live attenuated, nasal) manufactured by AstraZeneca AB
- Seasonal Influenza (Health Protection Surveillance Centre) (you will be directed to the HPSC website)
- Pregnancy Guidance for Seasonal Influenza (Health Protection Surveillance Centre) (you will be directed to the HPSC website)
- The Pink Book 13th edition (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) (you will be directed to the CDC website)
- Seasonal Influenza Vaccination for Pregnant Women (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) (you will be directed to the CDC website)
- Key Facts About Seasonal Flu Vaccine (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) (you will be directed to the CDC website)
- The Green Book, Influenza Chapter (GOV.UK: Influenza) (you will be directed to the Gov.UK website)
More information
- What is flu?
- Flu vaccine
- Flu vaccine during pregnancy
- Flu vaccine for healthcare workers
- Flu vaccine for children aged 2-17 years
- Flu vaccine for people aged 60 years and over
- Return to immunisation.ie
This page was updated on 4 September 2024
