Course description
Core Immunisation Training - MC0020
This two day short course follows the National Immunisation core training guidelines and is delivered via face to face sessions.
Your workplace must be able to support your clinical practice and you will require to be supervised within your own practice area for the purpose of assessment and competency sign off.
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Upcoming start dates
1 start date available
Suitability - Who should attend?
Entry Requirements
- Registered nurses
- Registered nursing associates
- Registered midwives
- Health care support workers
Outcome / Qualification etc.
Award Type: Certificate of Attendance
Training Course Content
- The aims of immunisation, national vaccine policy and schedules
- The immune response to vaccines and how vaccines work
- Vaccine preventable diseases
- The different types of vaccines, their composition and the indications and contraindications
- Current issues in immunisation
- Communicating with patients, parents and carers about vaccines
- Legal issues in immunisation
- Storage and handling of vaccines
- Correct administration of vaccines
- Anaphylaxis and adverse reactions
- Documentation, record keeping and reporting
- Strategies for optimising immunisation
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