Immunisations

Immunisation schedule

To attend an immunisation, view the  2012 Immunisation Schedule (PDF, 86.6KB) and visit the appropriate location at the date and time specified.

Types of immunisations

Bayside City Council provides the following immunisation service to protect against preventable infectious diseases:

Age	Diseases	Brand name
Birth	Hepatitis B	HB Vaxil Paediatric
2 months	Diptheria, tetanus, pertussis, hepatitis B, poliomyelitis, Haemophilus influenzae type b, Pnuemococcal, Rotavirus	Infanrix hexa, Prevenar, RotaTeq
4 months	Diptheria, tetanus, pertussis, hepatitis B, poliomyelitis, Haemophilus influenzae type b, Pnuemococcal, Rotavirus	Infanrix hexa, Prevenar, RotaTeq
6 months	Diptheria, tetanus, pertussis, hepatitis B, poliomyelitis, Haemophilus influenzae type b, Pnuemococcal, Rotavirus	Infanrix hexa, Prevenar, RotaTeq
12 months	Measles/mumps/rubella, Haemophilus influenzae type b, Meningococcal C	Priorix, Hiberix, NeisVacC
18 months	Chickenpox	Varilix
4 years	Diptheria/tetanus/pertussis/poliomyelitis, Measles/mumps/rubella	Infanrix IPV, Priorix
Year 7 Secondary School	Hepatitis B, Chickenpox, Human papillomavirus (girls only)	HB Vaxll Adult, Varilix, Gardasil
Year 10 Secondary School	Diptheria/tetanus/pertussis	Boostrix

Information about infections and infectious diseases

• Victorian Government Health Information 
  • Find out about a range of health issues from The Department of Human Services, Victorian Government health information website.
• Australian Childhood Immunisation Register 
  • The Australian Childhood Immunisation Register (the Immunisation Register) is a national register administered by Medicare Australia that records details of vaccinations given to children under seven years of age who live in Australia.

Useful tools

• Health Fact Sheets 
  • Includes information about a range of health issues, ranging across a range of topics including food poisoning (e.g. listeria), arthritis and more.

Page last updated: 28 Mar 2012