Western Victoria’s primary health providers has an important role in administering COVID-19 vaccines as well as helping ensuring the community has access to accurate and up-to-date information on the vaccine roll-out across our region.
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For vaccine providers
- Information for COVID-19 vaccination providers >> www.health.gov.au/initiatives-and-programs/covid-19-vaccines/information-for-covid-19-vaccination-providers
- COVID-19 Vaccine MBS items >> www.mbsonline.gov.au/internet/mbsonline/publishing.nsf/Content/News-210301a
- Advice and guidance on delivering COVID-19 vaccinations (including fact sheets and posters) >> www.health.gov.au/resources/collections/covid-19-vaccination-advice-for-covid-19-vaccine-providers
- Vaccine safety monitoring and reporting >> www.tga.gov.au/covid-19-vaccine-safety-monitoring-and-reporting
- Site requirements for COVID-19 vaccination clinics >> www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2021/02/covid-19-vaccination-site-requirements-for-covid-19-vaccination-clinics.pdf
- COVID-19 vaccination decision guide for frail older people, including those in residential aged care facilities >> www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2021/02/covid-19-vaccination-covid-19-vaccination-decision-guide-for-frail-older-people-including-those-in-residential-aged-care-facilities.pdf
- COVID-19 Vaccine Side Effect Checker >> www.healthdirect.gov.au/covid-19-vaccine-side-effect-checker
- TGA directives on advertising COVID-19 vaccines to the Australian public >> www.tga.gov.au/advertising-covid-19-vaccines-australian-public
Health provider training
- COVID-19 Vaccination training for immunisers >> covid19vaccinationtraining.org.au/login/index.php
- Victorian COVID-19 e-Learning Competency (pre-requisite training for Victorian emergency authorised registered health professionals to administer COVID -19 vaccines in Victoria) >> education-mvec.mcri.edu.au/courses/dh-covid19
Information on the vaccines
- Therapeutic Goods Administration COVID-19 Vaccines >> www.tga.gov.au/covid-19-vaccines
- Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in elderly patients >> www.tga.gov.au/media-release/investigation-reveals-no-specific-risk-covid-19-vaccinations-elderly-patients
- AusVaxSafety COVID-19 Vaccine Safety Surveillance >> www.ausvaxsafety.org.au/our-work/covid-19-vaccine-safety-surveillance
- About the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine >> www.health.gov.au/initiatives-and-programs/covid-19-vaccines/learn-about-covid-19-vaccines/about-the-oxfordastrazeneca-covid-19-vaccine
Western Victoria hospital hubs
The State Government has appointed Barwon Health and Ballarat Health Services to coordinate the Hospital Vaccination Hubs as part of Phase 1a of the COVID-19 vaccine rollout.
Information for general practices
- HealthPathways COVID-19
- ATAGI advice on influenza and COVID-19 vaccines
- Project ECHO COVID-19
- FAQs and links from the Town Hall, 11 February 2021 (PDF 114KB)
Information for aged care providers
- COVID-19 vaccine aged care readiness toolkit >> www.health.gov.au/initiatives-and-programs/covid-19-vaccines/covid-19-vaccine-aged-care-readiness-toolkit
- Aged care stakeholder toolkit resources (including fact sheets, posters and guidelines >> www.health.gov.au/resources/collections/covid-19-vaccination-aged-care-stakeholder-kit
Community information
General
- COVID-19 Vaccines information >> www.health.gov.au/initiatives-and-programs/covid-19-vaccines
- Getting vaccinated for COVID-19 >> www.health.gov.au/initiatives-and-programs/covid-19-vaccines/getting-vaccinated-for-covid-19
- After your COVID-19 vaccination >> www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2021/02/covid-19-vaccination-after-your-covid-19-vaccination-covid-19-vaccination-after-your-covid-19-vaccination.pdf
- COVID-19 vaccine campaign materials >> www.health.gov.au/initiatives-and-programs/covid-19-vaccines/coronavirus-covid-19-vaccines-campaign-materials
- Vaccine eligibility checker >> covid-vaccine.healthdirect.gov.au
Information for specific populations
- COVID-19 Vaccination information in other languages >> www.health.gov.au/initiatives-and-programs/covid-19-vaccines/covid-19-vaccine-information-in-your-language
- Information for people with disability about COVID-19 vaccines >> www.health.gov.au/initiatives-and-programs/covid-19-vaccines/getting-vaccinated-for-covid-19/information-for-people-with-disability-about-covid-19-vaccines
- Information for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples about COVID-19 vaccines >> www.health.gov.au/initiatives-and-programs/covid-19-vaccines/getting-vaccinated-for-covid-19/information-for-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-peoples-about-covid-19-vaccines
- Easy Read Resources >> www.health.gov.au/resources/collections/covid-19-vaccination-easy-read-resources
- Auslan Videos >> www.health.gov.au/news/health-alerts/novel-coronavirus-2019-ncov-health-alert/advice-for-people-at-risk-of-coronavirus-covid-19/coronavirus-covid-19-advice-for-people-with-disability#videos
- COVID-19 vaccination decision guide for women who are pregnant, breastfeeding, or planning pregnancy >> www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2021/02/covid-19-vaccination-covid-19-vaccination-decision-guide-for-women-who-are-pregnant-breastfeeding-or-planning-pregnancy.pdf
Last modified: 4 March, 2021