Public Health England have an elearning page which gives competency to RNs to offer flu vaccinations. It is free as far as I am aware. You should however arrange watched assessments as part of the training. Those administering flu shots should also have an up to date BLS and anaphylaxis training certificate. You will also need a PGD for your nurses to work from. Everything you need is on the Public Health England website.
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/seasonal-influenza-guidance-data-and-analysis
https://www.e-lfh.org.uk/programmes/flu-immunisation/
Helen Parsons MSc RN SCPHN
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Subject: [OCC-HEALTH] Vaccination training
Hello All
I have been searching on JISC mail to try and ascertain what exactly is required to train nurses to give flu vaccinations. I was interested in some views that as a single shot vaccine the 2 day course was not relevant. I have checked the RCN guidance but again this is for multi vaccines so Im wondering if this would be required for a single shot campaign.
I manage an OH service which has around 700 health care staff based in dialysis clinics across the UK and Ireland. Obviously I cannot undertake these vaccinations myself due to the geography of the clinics however I have always been strongly in favour of having flu champions across the clinics.
Previous campaigns using vouchers and employees paying and claiming back have been hugely unsuccessful (around 6% uptake!)
So the organsiation has now agreed to looking at either getting a practitioner to visit the clinics but numbers are an issue, or training flu champions.
I would appreciate your advice on what others have done and what specific training is required?
thanks Sharon
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