Children need to get booster doses of some vaccines in school to protect them against these diseases.
When your child is aged 4 to 5 years, they will get two vaccines:
- The 4 in 1 booster to protect against diphtheria, polio, tetanus and whooping cough (pertussis); and
- a second dose of the MMR vaccine to protect against measles, mumps and rubella.
These vaccines are usually given by a HSE doctor or nurse in primary school to Junior Infants.
All Junior Infant pupils received Immunisation Consent forms this week.
These forms MUST BE RETURNED BY TUESDAY 13th SEPTEMBER 2016.
Learn more about the 4 in 1 and MMR school programme below.
September 2016
When your child is aged 4 to 5 years, they will get two vaccines:
- the 4 in 1 booster to protect against diphtheria, polio, tetanus and whooping cough (pertussis); and
- a second dose of the MMR vaccine to protect against measles, mumps and rubella.
These vaccines are given by a HSE doctor or nurse in primary school to Junior Infants, or in some areas by your GP.
When these vaccines are given in school the HSE will let you know the date of immunisations. If a student misses that immunisation in school, the HSE will arrange for the student to be vaccinated at a HSE clinic.
In Ireland, all the recommended childhood vaccines listed in the schools immunisation programme are free.
The following information materials are available for parents of children in Junior Infants/First Year of primary schools.
Information booklet
- 4 in 1 and MMR – English
- 4 in 1 and MMR – Irish
- 4 in 1 and MMR – Arabic
- 4 in 1 and MMR – Simplified Chinese
- 4 in 1 and MMR – German
- 4 in 1 and MMR – French
- 4 in 1 and MMR – Polish
- 4 in 1 and MMR – Portuguese
- 4 in 1 and MMR – Romanian
- 4 in 1 and MMR – Russian
Consent form
Post Vaccination Advice
The 4 in 1 vaccine used in the school programme is called IPV Boostrix. It is manufactured by GSK. Please read the Summary of Product Characteristics (SPC) and Patient Information Leaflet (PIL) below for more information about the vaccine.
Two MMR vaccines are used in the school programme. The MMR vaccines used in the school programme are called Priorix and MMRVaxPro. Priorix is manufactured by GSK. MMRVaxPro is manufactured by Sanofi Pasteur MSD. Please read the Summary of Product Characteristics (SPC) and Patient Information Leaflet (PIL) below for more information about these vaccines.
- Priorix – Summary of Product Characteristics
- Priorix – Patient Information Leaflet
- MMRvaxpro – Summary of Product Characteristics
- MMRvaxpro – Patient Information Leaflet
Further information is also available on the following pages of our website
If you have any other queries please contact the schools immunisation programme office in your area. The contact phone numbers are available here in English or Irish.
The following information is available for healthcare professionals carrying out this programme.
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