Catch-up Calculator

Version 2.0.5

• Fixed NICC excludes valid Pneumococcal doses of 'Generic/Other conjugate' vaccine.
• Fixed Labels used for DTP doses at 18m and 4y are incorrect and do not align with the Handbook. (Changed from Booster 1 and 2, to Dose 4 and 5).
• Minor refinements to the user interface (alignment of the call out/notices).

Version 2.0.4

• Vaccine brands have been removed from the presentation of NICC outputs for ease of interpretation of catch-up vaccination outputs, while further improvements are considered.

Version 2.0.3

• Updated unit of measurement for minimum intervals for Hep B (except for catch-up post HSCT) from 'month/s' to 'week/s. This change also fixes another reported issue where Hep B appointments are scheduled a few days after a future appointment. 
• Fixed incorrect MMR, MMR+V and MMRV catch-up recommendations.

Version 2.0.2

• NICC ‘excludes’ a valid dose of Pneumococcal Conjugate, and incorrectly recommends another dose.
• Oral polio excluded from the vaccine brands displayed on the catch-up schedule as it is no longer available in Australia. Oral Polio doses administered in the past can however be added by toggling the 'Only show NIP vaccines' switch to 'off'.
• NICC recommends that the second dose of MMR should be combined with Varicella.
• 'Only show NIP vaccines' toggle behaviour is not well understood. Updated the messaging about 'Generic/Other' vaccines to improve usability.
• NICC incorrectly recommends additional dose/s of Polio to a child who has previously received valid doses overseas (at schedule points different to those in the NIP).

Version 2.0.1

• Fixed max-age for MenACWY for non-Indigenous children over 2 years

Version 2.0.0

• Support for all children under the age of 10, including medically at-risk groups.
• Improved support for children who may have been vaccinated overseas.
• Smart antigen grouping on the catch-up schedule (for instance, MMR+V).
• Age-appropriate Australian vaccines displayed on the catch-up schedule.
• Age at past and future appointments.
• Refinements to the user interface, and overall user experience.
• Refinements to task model and the information regarding the person needing catch-up being asked.
• Ability to view/download the business rules which underpin the NICC (similar to the due and over due rules from the Australian Immunisation Register).
• ‘Recently updated’ alert displayed for 15 days after a change has been deployed.**

Version 1.1.5

• Minor refinements to the validation checks which evaluate each administered dose as a potential next valid dose
• Set minimum interval between previous dose of 13vPCV and dose 1 of 23vPPV to 2 months.
• Updated business logic to determine which pneumococcal polysaccharide doses were administered, and which ones are still due.

Version 1.1.4

• Updated validation for already administered doses (which can be considered potential future valid doses)

Version 1.1.3

• Updated rules for MeningococcalB and Pneumococcal

Version 1.1.2

• Improved messaging when entering duplicate vaccinations
• Fixed max-age for Pneumococcal for ATSI in NT, QLD, SA and WA
• Changed form filter min-age for Pneumovax23 to 2y

Version 1.1.1

• Updated rules and logic following the Pneumococcal updates from 1 July 2020
• Fixed max-age for Pneumococcal for Indigenous children in NT, QLD, SA and WA
• Updated min-age for Pneumovax 23 from 28d to 2y
• Fixed distinct “Generic/Other” vaccines being treated as duplicates
• Fixed sorting issues with dates being added as d/mm/yyyy or dd/m/yyyy
• Added “max-age”, “message” and “severity” attributes for rules.
• Superfluous or undefined vaccinations (i.e. vaccines not recognised by the NIP), previously being ignored are now listed with message “Excluded from catch-up calculations.”

Version 1.1

• Updated Hepatitis A catch-up schedule intervals
• Added Meningococcal B vaccination rules and vaccines
• Added Meningococcal B related notices to the schedule and PDF
• Added notice related to humanitarian migrants / refugees

Version 1.03

• Re-designed antigen mode entry.
  • Grouped vaccines with same antigen(s) for ease of use. 
  • Added ability to show/hide Australian vaccines. 
  • Added ability to show/hide vaccines based on age of the person needing catch-up.
  • Updated sort order of antigens to match the NIP schedule. 
• Refinements to the vaccine mode entry
  • Added ability to show/hide Australian vaccines. 
  • Added ability to show/hide vaccines based on age of the person needing catch-up.
  • Updated sort order of vaccines to alphabetical for ease of use. Non-Australian or Generic/Other vaccines displayed at the bottom of the list.
• Minor copy changes to overseas vaccinations question.
• Updated business logic to automatically toggle 'show Australian vaccines only' filter to off, if the person needing catch-up has received vaccines overseas.
• Updated business logic and validation checks to disallow multiple identical vaccine combinations from being added on the same date.
• Added 'vaccination history' to the 'Confirmation'.

Version 1.02 (released 11/02/2020)

• Minor bug fixes.

Version 1.01

• Minor bug fixes.

Version 1.00

• Catch-up recommendations for healthy children under the age of 10.