Vaccine Update issue 271 October 2017
This month's edition features articles on :
- influenza vaccination and patients on therapy for HIV infection (highly active anti-retroviral therapy – HAART)
- survey for GPs about diagnosis and management of blood-borne viruses (BBV) among migrants
- call for GP or school practice improvement
- vaccine coverage for pertussis vaccination programme for pregnant women: update to June 2017
- latest infant Meningitis B and school leaver MenACWY vaccine coverage estimates published
- latest UK vaccine coverage figures for children aged up to 5 published
- interpretation of vaccine storage requirements
- flu vaccine information and availability for the children’s national flu vaccination programme 2017 to 2018
- eligibility of children for flu vaccines
- giving a second dose of LAIV?
- influenza Vaccines for the 2017 to 2018 influenza season
- Hexavalent vaccine (Infanrix hexa®)
- ordering for Infanrix hexa® (DTaP/IPV/Hib/HepB) is open on ImmForm
- change to Intervax BCG vaccine ordering restrictions
- to be aware of vaccine pack changes
- change to Rotarix presentation
- shortage of pneumococcal polysaccharide 23-valent vaccine (PPV23)
- vaccine supply for non-routine programmes
- NEW - historical vaccine development and introduction of routine vaccine programmes in the UK
- the Vaccination of individuals with uncertain or incomplete vaccination status algorithm has been updated and published