Child Immunisation – Level 3 – Online CPD Course

Unit 1 – Introduction

• Guidance for healthcare professionals
• Examples of successful immunisation campaigns
• Information for healthcare professionals
• Objectives of immunisation programmes
• Vaccine coverage
• The immunisation schedule for childhood illness

Unit 2 – Types of vaccines

• Understanding types of vaccines
• Live attenuated vaccines
• Inactivated vaccines
• Whole organism vaccines
• Protein-based subunit vaccines
• Polysaccharide vaccines
• Protein-polysaccharide conjugate vaccines.

Unit 3 – Information on immunisation for specific groups

• Maternal vaccines
• Maternal vaccines – Pertussis
• Maternal vaccines – Influenza
• Vaccines for infants
• Infants – Hepatitis B
• Infants – Meningococcal capsular group C (MenC)
• Infants – Capsular group B meningococcus (MenB)
• Infants – Rotavirus
• Preschool and school-aged children
• Preschool and pre-aged school children – Influenza 2018/19
• Mandatory influenza immunisation
• Clinical risk categories.

Unit 4 – Contraindications and special considerations to influenza vaccine

• Considerations for children
• Immunosuppression
• Egg allergy
• Severe asthma or active wheezing
• Dosing
• Adolescents
• Meningococcal capsular groups ACWY (MenACWY)
• Change to the routine immunisation schedule
• Catch up programme
• First-time university entrants (aged up to 25 years)
• Measles
• Human papillomavirus vaccine (HPV)
• Recommended immunisation outside the standard schedule
• Tuberculosis (TB)

Unit 5 -Contraindications and/or deferral of immunisation

• Deferral of immunisations
• Adverse effects
• Fever: guidance on the use of paracetamol after immunisation
• Anaphylaxis secondary to vaccines.

Unit 6 – Special considerations

• Underlying medical conditions
• Additional information for healthcare professionals
• Managing children with unknown or incomplete immunisation history
• Storage and administration of vaccines
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Egg allergy and MMR vaccine
• MMR vaccine and autism
• Single MMR vaccines
• Preterm babies and immunisations
• Common misconceptions about vaccines
• Concerns about vaccine safety.