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Vaccine update: issue 273, December 2017

This vaccine update provides immunisation practitioners with the latest developments in vaccines, vaccination policies and procedures.

• From: Public Health England
• Published: 20 December 2017

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Vaccine update: issue 273, December 2017

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The December 2017 issue features:

• ensure you’re up to date with the MMR jab if travelling to Romania, Italy and Germany
• have they had their MenACWY vaccination?
• MMR vaccine, who is eligible and can I use stock from Immform to catch up adults?
• NIN 2018 keynote speaker and booking opens soon
• winter sun and foreign travel – be rabies aware!
• annual HPV vaccination coverage in girls in England for the 2016 to 2017 academic year
• herpes zoster (shingles) immunisation programme: September 2016 to August 2017
• COVER report
• flu vaccine information and availability 2017 to 2018 for the children’s national immunisation programme
• order controls for Fluenz Tetra®
• giving a second dose of LAIV
• influenza vaccines for the 2017 to 2018 influenza season
• Hexavalent (DTaP/IPV/Hib/HepB) vaccine for infants
• vaccine supply for non routine programmes
• change to Revaxis® packs
• Christmas and New Year bank holiday deliveries
• free training event
• new training slides

Published 20 December 2017