We have been regular participants in weekly teleconferences conducted by the Chief Medical Officer and the Office of Health Protection, culminating in the roll out this week of the vaccine. The information about the seriousness of the pandemic is still important to understand now we have seen a decline in cases in Australia - all indications are that the northern hemisphere are starting to see a new surge in cases with some evidence that the second wave may be more serious than the first. All health professionals need to be immunised and that means you! You need to understand why, and why your patients should be immunised, particularly the priority groups.
It is going to be an interesting exercise to see how general practice delivers on a major public health initiative like this. I will be really interested in any comments on how its going, problems and good news stories. We have every confidence that practice nurses will be a key enabler in the successful roll out of this! For all the latest information go to our website www.apna.asn.au
By the time I write my next blog we will be in our new premises and hopefully it will have all gone smoothly but we ask that people be tolerant if phones/internet etc experience some disruption. Wish us luck!
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We administered 88 doses of Panvax on Wed 30/09/09 in an 8 hour period with no problems.
We have done over 400 immunisations so far with 2 patients complaining of nausea. We as health professionals need to be vaccinated what better way to encourage our patients. My daughter is expecting her first bub so we have all been immunised with no side effectsl
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