Vaccination for special risk groups
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Some vaccines have different recommendations for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Ensure that travellers are up to date with routine vaccines. Also consider other vaccines based on travel itinerary, activities and risk of disease exposure.
Information about assessing the vaccination status of children and adults entering Australia.
People who are immunocompromised may need extra doses of some vaccines to optimise protection. Some vaccines are contraindicated in these people.
Giving recommended vaccines before, during and after pregnancy protects both the mother and the baby.
Preterm infants may need extra doses of some vaccines to optimise protection against disease.
People who have had a serious AEFI can usually be vaccinated under medical supervision, unless they have a contraindication for that vaccine.
Immunoglobulins may inhibit the immune response to some vaccines. Delay giving some vaccines for a certain time after receiving blood products.
People with bleeding disorders may develop haematomas at intramuscular vaccine injection sites.
Recent or upcoming surgery is not a contraindication to vaccination. Vaccination is also not a contraindication to surgery.
Specific vaccination recommendations for inmates, men who have sex with men, people who inject drugs, and sex workers.
Specific vaccination recommendations for healthcare workers, childcare workers, laboratory workers, people who work with animals, and others.
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