Fact Sheets
The following fact sheets for vaccination have been developed by NCIRS for health-care workers and interested lay people. Both colour and black and white versions are available in PDF format. You will need the Acrobat Reader: download it here.
NCIRS fact sheets related to vaccine safety
For current
information regarding Anthrax, please go to www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/health-pubhlth-strateg-bio-factsheets.htm
(or
click here).
This links to the Health Emergency Preparedness and Response site: go to Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Resources and Fact Sheets and select the relevant fact sheet.
Diabetes
and vaccines (black/white
version)
Hepatitis
B vaccine and multiple sclerosis (black/white
version)
Measles-mumps-rubella
vaccine, inflammatory bowel disease and autism (black/white
version)
Thiomersal
(mercury-based preservative) (black/white
version)
Vaccines,
asthma and allergies (black/white
version)
Resources
for addressing patient/parent concerns about immunisation
(black/white
version)
Homeopathy
and vaccination (black/white
version)
Vaccine
Components (black/white version)
NCIRS fact sheets related to specific vaccines/diseases
Zoster
(shingles) vaccine for Australian adults (black/white
version)
Influenza
vaccines in Australia (black/white
version)
Influenza - the disease (black/white
version)
HPV
vaccines for Australians (black/white
version) (Updated,
April 2009)
Quadrivalent
HPV vaccine - FAQ (black/white
version)
Rotavirus
vaccines for Australian children (black/white
version)
Pertussis
vaccine for Australian children/adults (Updated,
April 2009)
Pneumococcal
vaccines for Adults (black/white
version)
Pneumococcal
vaccines for Australian children (black/white
version)
Varicella-zoster
(chickenpox) vaccines for Australian children (black/white
version)
History of vaccination in Australia - NCIRS has produced a number
of vaccination history tables on this website. There
are 5 tables for 5 different vaccines that outline significant events
in immunisation practice related to these vaccines.
Other fact sheets and brochures (non-NCIRS)
Fact sheets developed by other
organisations that contain information about the newer vaccines and Australian
schedule changes are available at the Immunise Australia
website, at most State & Territory Health Department
web sites and websites of other medical providers, including the following:
Vaccine components and constituents:
responding to consumer concerns (MJA article) Describes
the key constituents present in vaccines, discusses issues related to
safety and acceptability of these constituents, and provides a table highlighting
constituents of commercially available vaccines in Australia.
Immunisation Myths and Realities - 4th edition.
"Publication examining some arguments against immunisation to assist practitioners and parents in making an informed choice about the benefits and risks of vaccination." Follow this link to the site of the Australian Government's Department of Health and Ageing for a downloadable PDF-version of this brochure.
Immunise Australia Program
NSW Health
Department
of Human Services, Victoria
Queensland
Health
Department
of Human Services, SA
Northern Territory Department of Health and Community Services
Department
of Health, WA
ACT
Health
Department
of Health and Human Services, Tasmania
Royal
Children's Hospital Melbourne
Pneumococcal
vaccines for children over two - a fact sheet produced by NCIRS for Australian
Doctor
Immunization
Action Coalition - religious and ethical
concerns about vaccination
The newborn dose of hepatitis B vaccine (QLD Health information brochure on the birth dose of hepatitis B vaccine)
General information about HPV vaccines can also be found
at these websites:
The National HPV Vaccine Program
Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing: Preventing
Cervical Cancer
PapScreen Victoria
The Cancer Council Victoria "What
is the cervical cancer vaccine?"
The Cancer Council - New South Wales
Cervical
Cancer Vaccine Fact Sheet: Frequently Asked Questions
Immunization Action Coalition
http://www.immunize.org/HPV/
Human Papillomavirus Questions
and Answers [PDF document]
US CDC
Fact
sheet for providers
Fact sheet
for the public
HPV
Vaccine Safety and Efficacy Qs and As [PDF document]
HPV vaccine
information
US Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) Recommendations
On the CDC web-site, paper by Lauri E. Markowitz et al. on "Quadrivalent
Human Papillomavirus Vaccine"
US Food and Drug Administration
Human Papillomavirus
HPV Q&A
US National Cancer Institute
Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccines: Questions
and Answers
Vaccine Education Centre
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia / USA Vaccine
Education Center on human papillomavirus
Canadian NACI HPV Vaccine recommendations
National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) Statemen ton HPV [PDF
document]
The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. Guidelines for HPV vaccine. Melbourne: RANZCOG, 2006
Statement on cervical cancer [PDF document]
European Medicines Agency Gardasil assessment - summary for public
"Summary of the European Public Assessment Report (EPAR). It explains
how the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) assessed
the studies performed, to reach their recommendations on how to use the
medicine" [PDF
document]
European Medicines Agency Gardasil index page
EMA main
page on Gardasil
Fact sheets for pandemic preparedness (non-NCIRS)
Fact Sheet for the Public - Influenza
and Avian Influenza (or "Bird Flu")
Infection Control Guidelines
for Contacts and Carers of known or suspected cases of severe respiratory
illness, such as avian influenza, in Health Care Facilities