Appendix 4

Vaccination

NHMRC guidelines recommend pneumococcal vaccination for:

• Over 65s – free vaccination from 1st January 2005, aged 50 for indigenous patients;
• Chronic cardiovascular or pulmonary disease and those who smoke;
• Pneumovax 1 dose 0.5mL re-vaccination at 5 and 10 years for both indigenous and non-indigenous patients.