Audience: GPs, nurse immunisers, practice nurses, practice managers and pharmacists

Presenter: Dr Peter Eizenberg, Director, Doctors of Ivanhoe; Member, AusVaxSafety Advisory Committee, NCIRS; Member, Immunisation Coalition SAC; Member, Influenza Specialist Group; Former Executive Director, North East Valley Division of General Practice

Topics:

• COVID-19 state of play: What we know, what we don’t know, what we expect to know
• COVID-19 EPI update Jan 2021: Global, national and state level
• 2021 Australian COVID-19 Vaccination Program: National strategy and local implications
• COVID-19 vaccines detailed: Other vaccines of relevance to COVID-19 vaccination program including 2021 Seasonal Influenza Vaccine; FluCelVax; Pnemococcal; Zoster Vaccine
• Practical issues for COVID-19 vaccination in general practice: including Cold Chain; MDVs; 2-dose schedule; running vaccine clinics during pandemic; co-administration with SIV &/or other vaccines; AIR & how to use, update and identify dose 1 received.

Learning outcomes:

• Explain vaccine efficacy and effectiveness and safety
• Summarise the Australian COVID-19 Vaccination Program's national strategy and implications
•  Identify practical issues for COVID-19 vaccination in general practice.

HealthPathways related to this CPD include:

• Immunisation
• Adverse Events Following Immunisation (AEFIs)
• Vaccines
• Vaccine Supply, Storage and Cold Chain Breaches.

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