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COVID-19 vaccination program – update for vaccine providers | Webinar
March 2, 2021 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Free
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 and/or other vaccines; AIR and 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.
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HealthPathways related to this CPD include:
- Immunisation
- Adverse Events Following Immunisation (AEFIs)
- Vaccines
- Vaccine Supply, Storage and Cold Chain Breaches.
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