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‘Best practice’ for achieving high rates of childhood immunisation
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Child Health
‘Best practice’ for achieving high rates of childhood immunisation
Wednesday 30 August 2017, 11:24 AM

Childhood immunisation is highly reliant on practice nurses
Nikki Turner gives a summary of an original study report, done on behalf of IMAC, by Lynn Taylor, Nikki Turner and Catherine Poutasi: “Identifying best practice in childhood immunisation”
New Zealand’s childhood immunisation programme is delivered almost exclusively by primary care nurses in general practice settings. While coverage r
References
L Taylor, N Turner, C Poutasi. Identifying best practice in childhood immunisation. Kai Tiaki Nursing New Zealand 2017;23(6):25–27