Immunisation menuAustralian Immunisation Handbook, 8th Edition - Contents

PART 1: VACCINATION PROCEDURES AND THE STANDARD

VACCINATION SCHEDULE .. PART1.pdf (449 KB) - includes changes to handbook 12/2004

1.1     Introduction (including 'What’s new?') 4

1.2     Standard vaccination procedures 6

1.3     Consent 13

1.4     Pre-vaccination checklist 14 (126 KB)

1.5     Recording of vaccination 16

1.6     Adverse events following immunisation 18

1.7     The Australian Standard Vaccination Schedule 24

1.8     Guidelines for administering schedule vaccines 26

1.9     Catch-up vaccination 27 (182 KB)

1.10   Transport, storage and handling of vaccines 32 (200 KB)

PART 2: VACCINATION FOR SPECIAL RISK GROUPS .. PART2.pdf (274 KB)

2.1     Vaccination for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people 43

2.2     Vaccination for international travel 46

2.3     Groups with special vaccination requirements 51

PART 3: VACCINES LISTED BY DISEASE .. PART3.pdf (1.06 MB)
includes changes to handbook 12/2004

3.1     Anthrax 63

3.2     Australian bat lyssavirus infection & rabies 65

3.3     Botulism 72

3.4     Cholera 73

3.5     Cytomegalovirus 75

3.6     Diphtheria 76

3.7     Haemophilus influenzae type b 79

3.8     Hepatitis A 84

3.9     Hepatitis B 93

3.10     Immunoglobulin preparations 102

3.11     Influenza 107

3.12     Japanese encephalitis 114

3.13     Measles 118

3.14     Meningococcal infections 126

3.15     Mumps 133

3.16     Pertussis 134

3.17     Plague 143

3.18     Pneumococcal infections 145

3.19     Poliomyelitis 155

3.20     Q fever 160

3.21     Respiratory syncytial virus 165

3.22     Rubella 166

3.23     Smallpox 172

3.24     Tetanus 174

3.25     Tuberculosis 179

3.26     Typhoid 183

3.27     Varicella-zoster 186

3.28     Yellow fever 197

APPENDICES

Appendix 1:  Contact details for Commonwealth, State and Territory Government Health Authorities and outbreak control 201

Appendix 2:   Standards for childhood vaccination 202

Appendix 3:  The golden rules of immunisation and the 'cold-chain' 203  (58 KB)

Appendix 4:   Commonly asked questions about vaccination 206 (116 KB)

Appendix 5:  Definitions of adverse events following immunisation 216

Appendix 6:   Glossary of technical terms to assist parents 219

Appendix 7:   List of commonly used abbreviations 222

Appendix 8:   NHMRC hierarchies of study design and levels of evidence 223

Appendix 9:   Dates when childhood vaccines became available in Australia free of charge in the