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Vaccine update: issue 293, April 2019

Latest developments in vaccines, vaccination policies and procedures for immunisation practitioners.

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Vaccine update: issue 293, April 2019

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The April issue features:

  • European Immunization week – 24 to 30 April 2019
  • The Value of Vaccines
  • going to a festival, concert or group holiday and up to 25 years of age? Starting university?
  • MenACWY in school years 9 or 10 – leaflet for schools
  • update on vaccine coverage data
  • Green book chapter 11: the UK immunisation schedule has been published
  • BCG vaccine (AJ Vaccines) for the national BCG programme
  • update on MMR vaccine ordering restriction
  • reminder about ordering centrally supplied vaccines
  • attention to all customers – Easter and May bank holiday deliveries warning notice
  • reporting expired or unused vaccines
  • The EU Falsified Medicines Directive (FMD) and Delegated Regulation as applicable to centrally supplied vaccines for the National Immunisation Programme
  • Vaccine supply for the non routine programme
Published 17 April 2019