Authorised Registered Nurse/Midwife Vaccination Standards and Authority updated to include rabies vaccine for pre-exposure prophylaxis

The Authorised Registered Nurse/Midwife Vaccination Standards and Authority have been updated to enable Authorised Nurse/Midwife Immunisers (ANIs) to administer rabies vaccine via intramuscular injection for pre-exposure prophylaxis, to immunocompetent people aged 5 years and over.

The addition of rabies vaccine to the Authority and the Standards is consistent with recent changes to the NSW Pharmacist Vaccination Standards and Authority.

The mandatory conditions which ANIs must comply with to ensure effective and efficient immunisation service delivery are outlined in the Standards. The updated Authorised Registered Nurse/Midwife Vaccination Standards and Authority has been published on the NSW Health webpage and is also attached https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/immunisation/Documents/authority-for-RNs-and-midwives.pdf