Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Set Specification |
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METEOR identifier: | 624093 |
Registration status: | Health, Superseded 29/05/2024 |
DSS type: | Data Element Cluster |
Scope: | The Vaccines administered cluster defines the vaccination programs offered in Australia's prisons. The cluster reports the number of vaccines administered during the National Prisoner Health Data Collection period against each vaccination type within a prison. The type of vaccines included are hepatitis A, hepatitis B, human papillomavirus (HPV), influenza, meningococcal and measles, mumps and rubella. |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use: | The combination of the data elements: Prison—type of vaccine administered, vaccine type code N and Prison—number of vaccine doses administered, number N[NN] define the number and type of vaccines administered to prisoners during the National Prisoner Health Data Collection.
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Collection methods: | Information regarding the vaccines administered in a prison is provided by the manager of the prison's health services on the National Prisoner Health Data Collection Prison Establishment form. |
Comments: | Immunisation is highly effective in reducing morbidity and mortality caused by vaccine-preventable diseases. The National Immunisation Guidelines recommend that prisoners are vaccinated against influenza, hepatitis A and hepatitis B, and be up to date with routinely recommended vaccines for adults, such as the MMR vaccine (DoH 2015). |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
Reference documents: | DoH (Department of Health) 2015. The Australian Immunisation Handbook. Viewed 19/11/15, |
Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references: | Supersedes Vaccines administered cluster Health, Superseded 28/04/2016 Has been superseded by Vaccines administered cluster Health, Superseded 29/05/2024 |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Prison establishments NBEDS Health, Superseded 29/05/2024 Conditional obligation: Conditional on the prison offering vaccines. |
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