Resources for influenza vaccination providers

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1. 2025 Influenza Vaccination Program
2. NIP advice for health professionals
3. ​ Vaccine safety
4. Printable posters
5. Resources for consumers/patients​​
   
6. Webinars​
   

​​2025 Influenza Vaccination Program

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• Influenza Vaccination Provider Toolkit – Detailed guide for Immunisation providers for the delivery of the Influenza vaccination program 2025.
• ​Influenza vaccine information sheet​ (Appendix 2 in the Toolkit) - 2025 Visual guide for Influenza Vaccines.
  

National Immunisation Program (NIP) advice for health professionals

• ATAGI statement on the administration of seasonal influenza vaccines in 2025​ - advice from the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI)
  
• NIP 2025 influenza vaccination program advice for health professionals​ - from the Australian Government​
  

Vaccine safety

• Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) - Influenza (flu) vaccines​​​​ -  The TGA regulate the influenza vaccines ​used in Australia and continuously monitor data on the safety of influenza vaccines.
  
• AusVaxSafety​​​​ - provide routine safety monitoring of seasonal influenza vaccines used in Australia.
  
• Influenza vaccination post Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS) guideline​​​from AusVaxSafety​.
  
• ​Avoiding shoulder injury related to vaccine administration​ ​- ​from the Australian Immunisation Handbook.
  
• Shoulder injury related to vaccine administration​​​ - National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance​(NCIRS) education module.
  

Printable posters

• ​NSW Health - Respiratory illnesses - links to downloadable resources. ​
  We encourage you to display assets in vaccination clinics, GP waiting rooms, pharmacies, hospitals, residential care facilities, community health clinics and any other relevant health care facilities.

Resources for consumers/patients

General resources to help you prepare for the influenza vaccination program.

• Influenza Vaccines FAQs​​ - from National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance (NCIRS) provides answers to influenza vaccines frequently asked questions.
  
• NSW Health FAQs for health professionals​ - provides answers to frequently asked questions about influenza vaccination for health professionals.​
  
• ​National Ce​n​tre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance (NCIRS)​​​​​ - Influenza immunisation resources​.
• National Immunisation Program (NIP) influenza (flu) vaccination consumer fact sheet - advice from the Australian Government
  

For Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities

• Supporting conversations about​ vaccinations w​ith Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people​​ - for immunisation providers (for example, GPs, nurses, pharmacists) providing influenza vaccination to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families.
• Talking about flu vaccination with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families​​​ - a printable PDF conversation guide for immunisation providers to use when discussing vaccination with First Nations people and their families.
  
• Australian​ Government's New provider resource​ about influenza vaccination for First Nations' people​​​​ has several resources including:
• ​a Summary of vaccination communication ​resources​​​​ of influenza and COVID-19 vaccination information and communication resources designed for First Nations people or immunisation providers working with them
• ​a Flu Vaccine Information Sheet​​​​ Information sheet developed for healthcare providers to use with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people when discussing influenza vaccination. ​
  

For children

​The ​Sharing Knowledge About Immunisation (SKAI) website​​​ provides evidence-based communication tools aimed at improving conversations between vaccination providers and parents of young children, pregnant women and families.

For pregnancy​

• Vaccinations before, during and after pregnancy - NSW Health web page that provides information on all maternal vaccines including influenza vaccine.
• SKAI's Pregnancy and Newborn vaccinations web page​​​ - provides information on maternal vaccines for both immunisers and pregnant women.
• SKAI's Influenza Vaccine fact sheet​​ - a printable PDF that ​provides information for pregnant women on getting influenza vaccine during pregnancy.  
  
• Maternal influenza vaccination - evidence review ​ -NSW Health web page that provides​ evidence on the ​safety and effec​tiveness of Influenza vaccination during pregnancy.​
  

For multicultural communities

• ​Better Health Centre (BHC) - contact the BHC for orders of Influenza vaccination resources in other languages.
• Influenza fact sheets​​​ from NSW Health​ - printable and in 6 translated languages, including  Arabic, simplified Chinese, Farsi, Korean, Nepali and Vietnamese.
  

Webinars