Immunisation

Influenza vaccine information

How much vaccine did I use last year?

Check your total number of influenza vaccines delivered last year and view your pre-allocation of influenza and pneumococcal vaccines:

 2011 Total influenza vaccine distribution

Eligible groups for free government supplied seasonal influenza vaccine

• 65 years of age and over
• Pregnant women at any stage of pregnancy
• Indigenous people 15 years of age and over
• Residents of nursing homes and other long-term care facilities
• Any person 6 months of age and over with a chronic condition predisposing to severe influenza illness that requires regular medical follow-up or hospitalisation such as:
  • cardiac disease
  • respiratory disease including severe asthmatics
  • kidney disease
  • diabetes
  • impaired immunity
  • neuromuscular disease
• Homeless people.

The 2012 influenza vaccine strains

• A/California/7/2009 (H1N1)-pdm09-like virus
• A/Perth/16/2009 (H3N2)-like virus
• B/Brisbane/60/2008-like virus.

The 2012 government supplied influenza vaccine brands are:

• Fluvax® (CSL Biotherapies)
• Vaxigrip® and Vaxigrip Junior (Sanofi-aventis)
• Fluarix® (GSK).

Seaonal influenza vaccine - summarised information for providers

 Influenza vaccine information fact sheet - 2012