National Immunisation Program Schedule - Department of Health, Victoria, Australia

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Immunisation schedule Victoria

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In Victoria, from January 2013, the routine schedule of vaccines provided free under the National Immunisation Program is as follows.

Immunisation schedule Victoria From January 2013

Age / School Year	Disease	Vaccine brand	Notes
Birth	Hepatitis B	H-B-Vax II Paediatric	Give within 7 days of birth
2 months	Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, hepatitis B, poliomyelitis, Haemophilus influenzae type b Pneumococcal Rotavirus	Infanrix hexa Prevenar 13 RotaTeq	All vaccines can be given from 6 weeks of age
4 months	Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, hepatitis B, poliomyelitis, Haemophilus influenzae type b Pneumococcal Rotavirus	Infanrix hexa Prevenar 13 RotaTeq
6 months	Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, hepatitis B, poliomyelitis, Haemophilus influenzae type b Pneumococcal Rotavirus	Infanrix hexa Prevenar 13 RotaTeq	See increased risk category section
12 months	Measles, mumps, rubella Haemophilus influenzae type b Meningococcal C	Priorix Hiberix NeisVacC	See increased risk category section
18 months	Chickenpox	Varilrix	Not required if history of varicella infection
4 years	Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, polio Measles, mumps, rubella	Infanrix IPV Priorix	See increased risk category section
Year 7 Secondary school	Hepatitis B Chickenpox Human papillomavirus	H-B-Vax II Varilrix Gardasil	Adult 2 dose course; not required if previous course of hepatitis B vaccine completed Not required if history of varicella infection 3 dose course
Year 9 Secondary school	Human papillomavirus	Gardasil	3 dose course (boys only)
Year 10 Secondary school	Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis	Boostrix
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people From 15 years From 50 years	Influenza Pneumococcal	Influenza Pneumovax 23	Annually See current edition Australian Immunisation Handbook
50-59 years	Diphtheria, tetanus	ADT Booster
From 65 years	Influenza Pneumococcal	Influenza Pneumovax 23	Annually See current edition Australian Immunisation Handbook

Increased risk categories

Category	Disease	Vaccine brand	Notes
From 6 months of age With underlying medical risk factors	Influenza	Influenza Do not give CSL's Fluvax brand to children <5 years of age and do not use in children 5 to 9 years unless there is no alternative brand available	Annually In children aged 6 months to 9 years inclusive, give 2 doses of influenza vaccine a minimum of 1 month apart, in the first year of administration. Give 0.25ml if <3 years of age
Pregnant women At any stage of pregnancy	Influenza	Influenza	At any stage of pregnancy
12 months of age premature babies <32 weeks gestation or <2000g birth weight	Hepatitis B	H-B-Vax II Paediatric	Single booster dose
12 months of age With underlying medical risk factors and/or <28 weeks gestation	Pneumococcal	Prevenar 13	Single booster dose
4-5 years of age With underlying medical risk factors and/or <28 weeks gestation	Pneumococcal	Pneumovax 23	See the current edition Australian Immunisation Handbook
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged 15-49 years With underlying medical risk factors	Pneumococcal	Pneumovax 23	See the current edition Australian Immunisation Handbook
Aged less than 65 years With underlying medical risk factors	Pneumococcal	Pneumovax 23	See the current edition Australian Immunisation Handbook Vaccine is not funded for this group

Victorian immunisation programs

Program	Disease	Vaccine brand	Notes
Women planning pregnancy or after delivery	Rubella	Priorix	Rubella non-immune women planning pregnancy or shortly after delivery
Living in a household with a hepatitis B positive person	Hepatitis B	H-B-Vax II Paediatric H-B-Vax II Adult
Hepatitis C positive people	Hepatitis B	Engerix B	Specialist services
HIV positive people	Hepatitis B	Engerix B
Refugees/asylum seekers/ Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people	National Immunisation Program	National Immunisation Program	Eligible for NIP vaccines plus some catch-up. See the Free vaccine Victoria - Criteria for eligibility

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Current schedule:

Immunisation schedule Victoria from January 2013

Previous schedules:

National Immunisation Program schedule Victoria October 2012

National Immunisation Program schedule Victoria July 2012

National Immunisation Program schedule Victoria July 2011

National immunisation program schedule for Victoria from 1 January 2010 to 30 June 2011

National immunisation program schedule for Victoria from 1 March 2008 to 31 December 2009

National immunisation program schedule for Victoria from July 2007 to 1 March 2008

National immunisation program schedule for Victoria from November 2005 to July 2007

National immunisation program schedule for Victoria from September 2003 to November 2005

National immunisation program schedule for Victoria from December 2002 to September 2003