Staff Training and Reference Materials

• Business Continuity: Ensure you have a business continuity plan to ensure the team can appropriately record vaccination events, e.g. having a stock of printed event forms on hand if you cannot access CIR. • Site Readiness: Refer to the ‘Site Readiness Checklist’ section above for considerations about completing a dry run with your mobile team before commencing vaccinations.

Training will be provided to CIR users and Vaccinators through a combination of eLearning Modules and Quick Step Guides. The Quick Step Guides will be available within the eLearning system, as well as within the Knowledge tab of the CIR for continued availability and reference.

eLearning modules and Quick Step Guides include: • Working with the COVID Immunisation Register (eLearning) • COVID-19 Vaccinator Education Course (eLearning) • COVID-19 vaccination for Prescriber Health Professionals (eLearning) • CIR Quick Step Guides: Reception, Vaccination, Recovery, Quick Adverse Event, Adverse Event • Inventory management (eLearning)

In addition to these training materials, staff will have access to a range of reference materials. Please refer to the IMAC website for vaccinator training materials

These include:

• IMAC written resources: https://covid.immune.org.nz/faq-resources/written-resources. This includes

COVID-19 vaccinator guidelines and instructions for preparing doses. • IMAC video resources: https://covid.immune.org.nz/faq-resources/video-resources • IMAC FAQs: These are available on the IMAC website: https://covid.immune.org.nz/faq • Immunisation Handbook: The Immunisation Handbook provides clinical guidance for administering vaccines. IMAC has also prepared a COVID-specific chapter in the Handbook. This information is updated regularly. See https://www.health.govt.nz/publication/immunisation-handbook-2020

See ‘Ordering Site Collateral’ section above for detail on collateral available to be given to consumers