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Issue 73

Encourage Mothers to Protect Their Babies by Getting the Pertussis (Whooping cough) Vaccine in pregnancy.

Join our Pertussis campaign as a vaccine advocate. Recommend the pertussis (Tdap) vaccine in pregnancy at every opportunity In Ireland, we’ve seen a significant increase in cases of pertussis in 2024 that continues into 2025. Pertussis is a serious bacterial infection that spreads easily.  It can cause severe illness and complications, particularly in newborns. Vaccination […]

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Issue 70 February 2024

Pertussis campaign materials page

Free HSE Whooping cough campaign resources available to order from www.healthpromotion.ie Campaign poster and infographic pack: HNI00846PS Posters: Protect your baby with the whooping cough vaccine Infographic: Whooping cough vaccine information in Plain English. This resource will help support people with low literacy. Multilingual factsheets in 15 languages are available to download from www.immunisation.ie Download the […]

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Issue 73

When administering Vaccines, should the vaccinator wear gloves?

Gloves are not routinely required when administering intramuscular injections.  Vaccine administration is a minimal contact procedure. Clean hands are essential, adhering to bare below elbows, keeping nails short with no nail polish or jewellery, with the exception of a plain wedding band in order to maintain effective hand hygiene. A point of care hand hygiene […]