Listed below are our written resources, almost all are pdfs. In some cases, these resources have been written with health professionals in mind. Such resources are noted as 
. Anyone can of course access and read them.
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A clinic based quality tool to support you in maintaining high cold chain standards. The guide enables providers to have instant access to temperature-recording charts at the refrigerator site, use the trouble shooting tips for cold chain problems, have a self audit tool to check your clinic is on target for excellence, keep track of your clinic’s cold chain history and use for orientation of new staff.
A pictorial guide for reading the TagAlert® and recording the information and answers to frequent questions about this change to the National Cold-chain Audit.
These guidelines are for practices to ensure that vaccines delivered within New Zealand have been stored correctly to maximise their effectiveness. These guidelines supercede the Vaccine Storage and Distribution National Standards 2002 and supplement the cold chain policy in the Immunisation Handbook 2011.
The 2013 Immunisation Health Report was commissioned by the Meningitis Foundation and Pfizer and designed to be a handy guide for parents and anyone interested in the immunisation of our tamariki. The Report provides a snapshot about what...
In 2009 the Institute of Medicine was tasked, by the Health Resources and Services Administration in the U.S., to convene a committee of experts to review the epidemiologic, clinical, and biological evidence regarding adverse health events...
This report publishes findings of research that explored parent's decisions and reasons for delaying their baby's immunisations and tested messages that encourage and support parents to immunise on time.
Following on from the Adverse effects of vaccines: Evidence and causality report, the Institute of Medicine was tasked, by the Department of Health and Human Services in the U.S., to convene a committee of experts to identify...
Government Response to Report of the Health Committee on Inquiry into how to improve completion rates of childhood immunisation, and Briefings from the Chief Coroner on the coronial process, from Dr Michael Tatley on the adverse reaction process...
Inquiry into how to improve completion rates of childhood immunisation, and Briefings from the Chief Coroner on the coronial process, from Dr Michael Tatley on the adverse reaction process, and from Professor Sir Peter Gluckman on how to improve...
This report publishes findings of research that evaluated the implementation of the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Immunisation Programme to assess how well it is achieving its short-term goals, objectives and implementation priorities of the HPV...
This report publishes findings of research that explored attitudes and beliefs, decision-making processes and barriers to immunisation amongst parents/caregivers who have not fully immunised one or more of their children aged...
A report on New Zealand's progress towards the immunisation targets of 85% of two-year-olds fully immunised by July 2010, 90% by July 2011 and 95% by July 2012 (Ministry of Health, March 2011)
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