Overview

This course has been designed to provide all healthcare workers and healthcare professionals with the background knowledge of immunisation and vaccines. This is pertinent to those supporting vaccination programmes such as the flu jab.

Objectives

This training will enable learners to:

• Have knowledge of immunity and identify the difference between innate and acquired immunity
• Identify how vaccines work
• State the contraindications and precautions for each type of vaccine, and describe the nature and frequency of the most common adverse reactions