Guidance

Inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) catch-up: information for healthcare practitioners

Information for healthcare practitioners on the inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) immunisation catch-up campaign

• From: UK Health Security Agency
• Published: 10 August 2022
• Last updated: 24 May 2023
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  1. 24 May 2023

     Updated section on OPV vaccine given in other countries.

  2. 19 May 2023

     Updated to include campaign dates; also updated section on OPV vaccine given in other countries.

  3. 15 May 2023

     Updated to advise end of IPV-booster campaign for London and introduction of catch-up immunisation campaign in London.

  4. 19 October 2022

     Updated to include additional details on IPV-containing vaccine, giving additional vaccines at the same time, OPV received in other countries and children on hepatitis B pathway.

  5. 11 August 2022

     Added link to the JCVI statement published on 10 August.

  6. 10 August 2022

     First published.

Applies to England

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Polio immunisation response in London 2022 to 2023: information for healthcare practitioners

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Guidance on the introduction of a catch-up immunisation campaign in London to run until the end of the summer term 2023. Includes information on:

• background and summary of incident
• information related to the 2022 London IPV booster campaign
• London polio catch-up campaign 2023
• routine IPV and measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccination programmes and vaccines
• vaccine ordering, supply and storage
• vaccine administration queries
• resources