Immunisation

Since its inception in 1979, Logan City Council has provided community immunisation clinics. Immunisation is a simple, safe and effective way of protecting against harmful diseases. The Immunisation Program delivers the vaccinations listed under the National Immunisation Program Schedule with the National Health and Medical Research Council (NH&MRC) guidelines. If you have any queries about immunisation please phone 07 3412 3412.

• Immunisation Schedule Queensland Children under 10 years (PDF 375 KB)
• Immunisation Schedule Queensland Children and adolescents (10 to 19 years) (PDF 276 KB)
• Immunisation Schedule Queensland Adults (above 19 years) (PDF 343 KB)

Influenza program

The 2019 Influenza Vaccine has arrived, Council stocks both the quadrivalent vaccine and the trivalent vaccine which is recommended for those over 65 years of age.

NOTE: The vaccine for those aged 6mths to 3yrs is now in stock.

Influenza is a contagious respiratory viral illness. In Australia, dozens of deaths and thousands of hospitalisations due to influenza are recorded each year.

Council provide a number of dedicated influenza clinics during the peak season. See below for the 2019 schedule, if you are unable to attend the clinics listed below you are able to present to any of Council’s Community Immunisation clinics to receive the vaccine. Queensland Health fund the vaccine for those considered to be highly at-risk. For all other members of the public, you are able to purchase the vaccine for $10.

Community clinic locations

Community immunisation clinics are held weekly. Appointments are not necessary. Please note, we advise you arrive at least 20min before closing time to ensure you are seen on the day. Please see below for further details.

Please note all clinics will be closed on Public Holidays.

Community consent forms

• Child Immunisation Consent Form (PDF 112 KB)
• High School Student Immunisation Consent Form (Adolescent) (PDF 96 KB)
• Adult Immunisation Consent Form (PDF 93 KB)
• Staff Immunisation Consent Form (PDF 94 KB)

School immunisation program

The School Based Immunisation Program (SIP) provides parents with the opportunity to have their child vaccinated for free at school.

Year 7 students are being offered vaccination to protect against:

• Human Papillomavirus (HPV) and;
• Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis (dTpa Whooping cough)

Year 7 Consent Form 2019

Once you have completed and signed the relevant consent from please either email a copy to immunisation@logan.qld.gov.au or return the completed form to your child’s school.

Year 10 students are being offered vaccination to protect against:

• Meningococcal ACYW.

Year 10 Consent From 2019

Once you have completed and signed the relevant consent from please either email a copy to immunisation@logan.qld.gov.au or return the completed form to your child’s school.

Consent forms for each vaccine offered will be given to your child to bring home from school. Please note that no child will be vaccinated without parental consent. If you have misplaced your child's consent form, they can be downloaded from the links below together with the vaccination information sheet.

School consent forms

New school consent forms will be ready for download early 2019.

Information sheets

• Information Sheet for Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis (Whooping cough) and Human Papillomavirus (HPV)
• Meningococcal ACWY information sheet

Immunisation records

The Australian Immunisation Register (AIR) is a national register administered by Medicare which became operational in 1996. Historically, this register only recorded vaccines administered to children less than 10 years of age. In 2016, it became a whole of life register and since this time, there has been a State-wide project transfering data to AIR that was previously held on other registers.

Requesting Records

The quickest and easiest way to access immunisation records is online via your Medicare online account through myGov or the Express Plus Medicare mobile app

If you would like to request a transcript of vaccines administered only by Logan City Council, you will need to complete the following form and submit this electronically to Immunisation@logan.qld.gov.au along with a copy of your certified ID. Council must act in accordance with the Information Privacy Act 2009, we will not process your request without a certified ID.

A certified copy of identification is a photocopy of your ID (for instance, both front and back of your Driver’s Licence) which has been certified as a true copy by a lawyer, Justice of the Peace or Commissioner for Declarations. Those people will need to sight the original identification, and will then sign and stamp the copy to say that it is a true copy. Alternatively you can attend a Logan City Council customer service location and an officer can site, photocopy, and sign validating your ID.

Immunisation Records Request Form

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Note: There will be a 14 day turn-around associated with this request.

Updating the Australian Immunisation Register

Vaccines administered by Logan City Council

The Australian Immunisation Register currently lists vaccines administered as part of the School Immunisation Program (SIP) since 2018. The previous Queensland register, Vaccine Information and Vaccine Administration System (VIVAS) is currently transferring historical vaccine data administered in Queensland from previous years.

If you would like Logan City Council to manually update immunisation encounters not on AIR, please email the Immunisation Team at immunisation@logan.qld.gov.au and include the following information;

• Full Name and DOB
• Medicare Number
• School Name

Vaccines administered overseas

If you or your child have received vaccines overseas and would like these transcribed onto the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR) please email the Immunisation Team at immunisation@logan.qld.gov.au and include the following information;

• Full Name and DOB
• Medicare Number
• Copy of the Immunisation Record

Resolving Centrelink and Medicare notices

Following changes by the Federal Government to childhood immunisation requirement, parents may have received letters from either Centrelink or Medicare notifying them that their child is overdue for vaccines. Unfortunately these letters do not provide parents with enough information to resolve their issues.

Council has received a very high number of phone calls in relation to Centrelink payments and a tip sheet is provided below to support parents in resolving their issues.

• Centrelink Payment Concerns Tip Sheet (PDF 138 KB)

Vaccines available for purchase

In the event that an individual is not eligible to receive a vaccine for free Logan City Council provides vaccines through their Community Immunisation Clinics at a cost.

Vaccines available include:

• Diphtheria, Tetanus and Pertussis (Whooping Cough) - $30.00
• Chickenpox  - $45.00
• Hepatitis A  - $50.00
• Hepatitis B, Adult  - $14.00
• Hepatitis B, Paediatric  - $11.00
• Hepatitis A and B combined  - $55.00 (please check for availability)
• Human Papilloma Virus  - $120.00
• Influenza, Adult  - $10.00
• Influenza, Paediatric  - $10.00
• Measles, Mumps and Rubella  - $21.00
• Meningococcal ACWY $52.50
• Polio  - $32.00
• Shingles - $185.00

* Multiple doses may be required, prices are per dose for the 2019/2020 financial year. Vaccines are not subject to GST.*

Vaccine monitoring and surveillance

Logan City Council uses SmartVax. A text message based 'check in' for immunisation recipients. A text message may be sent and responses can be performed from any type of mobile phone by responding 'Yes' or 'No' to the text message. Participation is not compulsory.

Anyone who responds that they experienced a reaction will be sent an SMS link to a 1 minute online survey to capture further details about the reaction. The vaccine provider is notified of any reactions reported. Any information about suspected adverse events may be shared with public health authorities who use this information for monitoring vaccine safety.