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A fully trained and qualified vaccination team will visit your child's school to offer the free vaccinations. The team may be from Queensland Health, your local Council or another health provider contracted by Queensland Health. To find out which vaccination provider is conducting the program at your school, call 13 HEALTH (13 43 25 84).
You will be advised of the date of the visit in advance and given a consent form for each type of vaccine. The information in the consent form provides details about the disease, benefits of immunisation and any common side effects of the vaccine. Once you have read the information and signed the consent form indicating whether you wish your child to be vaccinated, the form should be returned to the school. Only students with a completed and signed consent form will be vaccinated.
At the time of vaccination, your child will be asked a series of standard pre-vaccination questions. Developed by the National Health and Medical Research Council, these questions ask whether the student is medically well, has any severe allergies or is pregnant. After their vaccination, students will receive a Record of Vaccination to take home. You are encouraged to keep this record so you know which vaccines your child has received.
As with all vaccines, administration of the vaccination should be postponed in children who have a high fever on the day of vaccination. If your child is at school and feels unwell, the vaccination team will determine whether they are well enough to be vaccinated.
Yes. The school will provide an area close to the vaccination team where your child will be observed for at least 15 minutes.
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