This immunisation training for Health Care Assistants (HCAs) is based on the “National Minimum Standards and Core Curriculum for Immunisation Training of Healthcare Assistants or Healthcare Support Workers” (HPA, 2017):

This one day course provides theoretical and legal background for immunisation andis constantly, updated with latest information or latest outbreaks.

Participants will be given advice on how to gain clinical competence within their own workplace.

The student will practice and learn a safe injection method.

Course Content

• The aims of immunisation: national policy and schedules
• The immune system and how vaccines work
• Vaccine preventable diseases
• The different types of vaccines used and their composition
• Current issues and controversies regarding immunisation
• Communicating with patients and parents
• At risk groups and their eligibility for vaccines
• Legal aspects of vaccination
• Storage and handling of vaccines
• The anatomy of injection site
• Correct administration techniquefor intramuscular, subcutaneous vaccination
• Side effects, contraindications and precautionsAllergy, anaphylaxis and adverse events
• Anaphylaxis management and the requirement for BLS training
• Legal, professional and indemnity requirements regarding administration of prescription only medications by HCSWs
• Legal requirements regarding consent, documentation and confidentiality
• Competence: assessment, supervised practice and delegation