PneumoSmart Vaccination Tool

About PneumoSmart

The PneumoSmart Tool is currently being updated with the addition of Prevenar 20 according to the 1 September NIP schedule. Currently, it still recommends Prevenar 13 and Pneumovax 23 for Children.

Until the PneumoSmart Tool is updated, please refer to the Australian Immunisation Handbook for Prevenar 20 recommendations.

The PneumoSmart Vaccination Tool (herein referred to as “the tool”) has been created using the pneumococcal disease vaccination recommendations in the online Australian Immunisation Handbook, and has been developed to assist GPs, medical specialists and other immunisation providers to comply with them. As pneumococcal disease vaccination recommendations change, the tool will be updated by clinical experts at the Immunisation Coalition.

Catch-up pneumococcal immunisations for children less than 5 years of age are complex. Appropriate catch-up vaccines should be offered as recommended:

• catch-up schedule for 13vPCV for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children living in Northern Territory, South Australia or Western Australia only, and all children with risk condition(s) for pneumococcal disease, aged less than 5 years
• in the online Australian Immunisation Handbook
• as per the Immunisation Calculator
• catch-up schedule for 13vPCV for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children living in New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania or the ACT, and all children who do not have risk condition(s) for pneumococcal disease, aged less than 5 years.