Victorian Specialist Immunisation Services (VicSIS) - bolstering adult clinics for COVID-19 vaccines
- Author(s)
- Gordon, SF; Virah Sawmy, E; Duckworth, E; Wolthuizen, M; Clothier, HJ; Chea, M; Tenneti, N; Blow, N; Buttery, JP; De Luca, J; Korman, TM; Barnes, S; Slade, C; Maggs, C; Giles, ML; Teh, BW; Aboltins, C; Langan, KM; Van Diemen, A; Crawford, NW;
- Details
- Publication Year 2022-11-30,Volume 18,Issue #5,Page 2052701
- Journal Title
- Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics
- Publication Type
- Research article
- Abstract
- The Victorian Specialist Immunization Services (VicSIS) was established in Victoria, Australia, in February 2021, aiming to enhance vaccine safety services for Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines. VicSIS supports practitioners and patients with complex vaccine safety questions, including those who experience adverse events following immunization (AEFI) after COVID-19 vaccines. VicSIS provides individual vaccination recommendations, allergy testing, vaccine challenges, and vaccination under supervision. VicSIS initially comprised of eight adult COVID-19 specialist vaccination clinics, subsequently, expanding to better support pediatric patients as the Australian vaccine roll-out extended to adolescents and children. Since their establishment to September 2021, the inaugural VicSIS clinics received a total of 26,401 referrals and reviewed 6,079 patients. Consults were initially predominantly for pre-vaccination reviews, later predominantly becoming post-vaccination AEFI reviews as the program progressed. Regardless of the type of consult, the most common consult outcome was a recommendation for routine vaccination (73% and 55% of consult outcomes respectively). VicSIS is an integral component of the COVID-19 vaccination program and supports confidence in COVID-19 vaccine safety by providing consistent advice across the state. VicSIS aims to strengthen the health system through the pandemic, bolstering specialist immunization services beyond COVID-19 vaccines, including training the next generation of vaccinology experts.
- Keywords
- Adolescent; Adult; Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting Systems; *COVID-19/prevention & control; COVID-19 Vaccines/adverse effects; Child; Humans; Immunization/adverse effects; Population Surveillance; Vaccination/adverse effects; *Vaccines/adverse effects; Victoria; Covid-19; immunisation service; vaccination; vaccine allergy; vaccines
- Department(s)
- Infectious Diseases
- PubMed ID
- 35471988
- Publisher's Version
- https://doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2022.2052701
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