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Immunisation and Vaccination Update Day

10 May 2018 @ 9:15 am - 4:00 pm

This update day will cover all PRACTICE NURSES need to know in the way of children’s and adult’s immunisations and vaccinations

This is a generic update aimed at clinicians who provide the full range of childhood and adult immunisations covered in the routine UK schedules.

It will provide clinicians with the latest guidance on national immunisation programmes, anaphylaxis and demonstrate the tools and resources available to manage common incidents and educate patients.

This course meets Public Health England’s National Minimum Standards for Immunisation Training and includes any new and upcoming changes.

Content:

  • Immunisation and the Immune System
  • Vaccines and Immunoglobulins
  • Routine UK Immunisation Schedule overview
  • What’s new in immunisations
  • When not to immunise – contraindications/cautions
  • Legal issues of administering immunisations Prescribing/PSD/PGD
  • Vaccine handling, storage & cold chain
  • Pre-vaccination Patient Assessment
  • Documentation & record keeping
  • Managing unknown, incomplete or overseas schedules
  • Managing errors
  • Case Studies
  • Adverse events
  • Anaphylaxis

PARKING

Please note that BA13 3FQ is a fairly new post code and is not recognised by all sat navs. You might want to look at a map as well as using sat nav. The practice is near a Tesco Express with post code BA13 3GL

Location details

The White Horse Health Centre
The White Horse Health Centre, Westbury Group Practice, Mane Way, Westbury, BA13 3FQ

Is the training accessible to wheelchairs? Yes

Main contact

Name: Louise Greenwood

Email: louise.greenwood@wessexlmcs.org.uk

Phone: 023 8025 3874

If you have any communication or mobility needs that the event organisers need to be aware of please contact them  in advance of the course to let them know.

Details

Date:
10 May 2018
Time:
9:15 am - 4:00 pm
Event Category: