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    Home > **NEW** Healthcare Professionals > Immunisation Guidelines 2008

Immunisation Guidelines

Immunisation Guidelines for Ireland, 2008 Edition (with updated corrections and amendments, December 2009.)

These guidelines are produced by the National Immunisation Advisory Committee of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland.

You can download a list of changes to the 2008 edition of the guidelines here. (Updated December 2009)

A copy of the updated guidelines can be downloaded here. (Updated December 2009) - to include chapter 6a (Human Papillomavirus). This chapter can be accessed at the back of the guidelines before the appendices. These guidelines do not contain the pandemic influenzae chapter please download this seperately below.

The guidelines can be downloaded below by chapter.

Preface and Anaphylaxis (Updated December 2009)

Routine Childhood Immunisation Schedule

Chapter 1 - General Information

Chapter 2 - General Immunisation Procedures (updated July 2009)

Chapter 3 - Diphtheria

Chapter 4 - Haemophilus Influenzae type B (Hib)

Chapter 5 - Hepatitis A (updated July 2009)

Chapter 6 - Hepatitis B (updated July 2009)

Chapter 6a - Human Papillomavirus (New Chapter July 2009)

Chapter 7 - Influenza (updated July 2009)

Chapter 8 - Measles (updated July 2009)

Chapter 9 - Meningococcal Infection

Chapter 10 - Mumps (updated July 2009)

Chapter 10a - Pandemic Influenza (New Chapter November 2009) Updated December 2009

Chapter 11 - Pertussis

Chapter 12 - Pneumococcal Infection

Chapter 13 - Poliomyelitis

Chapter 14 - Rubella (updated July 2009)

Chapter 15 - Tetanus

Chapter 16 - Tuberculosis

Chapter 17 - Varicella-Zoster

Chapter 18 - Immunisation and Health Information for Health-Care Workers and Others in At-Risk Occupations

Chapter 19 - Immunisations and Health Information for Travel

Chapter 20 - Rabies

Appendices  - Appendix 1 - List of licensed vaccines provided by the Irish Medicines Board which are authorised and marketed in Ireland also see the  Irish Medicines Board Vaccine Page

 

                   - Appendix 2 - Table of countries with TB Notification Rates = 40/100,000 population, 2005 (WHO figures)

This section was updated on 16th April 2010
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