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Guidelines & Forms

Forms

  • Vaccine Temperature Form  
    Temperature log form for tracking vaccine refrigerator temperature twice daily.

Guidelines and Manuals

  • Immunization Competencies for BC Health Professionals  
    The competencies contained in this document range from knowledge of the scientific basis of immunization to essential immunization practices and contextual issues relevant to immunization. Each competency is supported by a number of guiding learning objectives and key terms.
  • Immunization Communication Tool for Immunizers  
    This flip-chart provides a quick reference for immunizers allowing them to answer common questions with both clinical evidence and plain-language information.
  • Cold Chain Information  
    Contains information regarding cold chains for community providers and public health.
  • A Quick Guide to Common Childhood Diseases  
    A guide for parents and health professionals that provides general information about communicable diseases commonly experienced by young children. It is a quick reference only and is intended to assist care providers with identifying common childhood diseases so that actions can be taken to decrease the spread of the illness or infestation to others.
  • Child Immunization Schedule (0-6)  
    Routine BC child immunization schedule for children 0-6 for diseases such as meningitis, measles, mumps, rubella, chickenpox, diphtheira, polio and hepatitis B.
  • School age Immunization Schedule  
    School age immunization schdule for children in grades six and nine in British Columbia for disease such as Hepatitis B, chickenpox, meningitis and HPV.  

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Last Updated: April 22, 2009