Things to tell a doctor or nurse before a child is immunised
State and Territory information:
Doctors and health care providers need to know about the following conditions before a child is immunised.
Remember to take the child’s Personal Health Record to any vaccination appointments and tell the doctor or nurse if a child:
- is unwell;
- has had a severe reaction following any vaccine;
- has any severe allergies to anything;
- has had a live vaccine within the last month, such as measles-mumps-rubella (MMR), chickenpox, oral poliomyelitis, tuberculosis, or yellow fever (see Travel medicine);
- has had an injection of immunoglobulin, or a whole blood transfusion in the last three months;
- has a disease which lowers immunity (eg. leukaemia, cancer, HIV/AIDS) or is having treatment which lowers immunity (eg. steroid medicines such as cortisone and prednisone, radiotherapy and chemotherapy);
- lives with someone who has a disease which lowers immunity, or lives with someone who is having treatment which lowers immunity;
- is living with someone who is not immunised; or
- is an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person.
Page last modified: 10 October, 2005