Project Summary

• 75 Practices Visited
• 175 GPs Upskilled (one-to-one visit)
• 58 Additional GPs registered with ACIR - following visits (after 1/8/96)
• 50+ Cold Chains Upgraded
• 900 Immunisation Posters Distributed
• 100+ Adults immunised at local festivals
• Established on-going links with Councils
• 22 Maternal & Child Health Centre Visits

Project Outline

• One to One GP Visits at Individual practices by Project GPs
• Project GPs were local GPs with special interest in Immunisation (non-expert)
• Visits were of 30 minutes duration
• Resource Kit provided
• All participating GPs paid at Division Rates

Checklist of Issues Discussed

• Standards of Best Practice - "Golden Rules"
• NHMRC Guidelines promoted
• Opportunistic Immunisation
• Special areas of difficulty experienced by individual GPs reviewed (informed consent, vaccine refusal issues)
• COLD CHAIN upgrade/establish
• ACIR Registration & use encouraged
• Parent Advice Sheet

Demonstrated Outcomes
* CSL Data - years ending 5/96 - 5/97

1000+ % Increase in PNEUMOVAX uptake*

• National Growth - 642%
• Victorian Growth - 579 %

60% Increase in FLUVAX uptake*

• National Growth - 7%
• Victorian Growth - 15%

Conclusions

• Simple & Cost Effective
• Immediate demonstrable results
• Complementary to other Government initiatives
• Addresses important area of need
• Confirms the central role of GPs in up-skilling fellow GPs