EDUVAC Vaccination Competence

Implementation of the vaccination procedure consists of the vaccinator’s actions before, during and after the vaccination.

Vaccination is not just a single injection or another dose of the vaccine. It is also important to ensure that vaccines are  transported and stored properly. 

The vaccination procedure includes counseling a client or the parents of a child, and it requires a lot of evidence based knowledge on vaccines, contraindications to vaccination, possible adverse events, possible anaphylactic reaction, human anatomy and good interaction skills. 

Vaccinations can be administered in several ways: through injections, oral solutions or capsules and nasal sprays, and therefore it is important to know all the required techniques. Vaccinations are injected either into the skin (ID), under the skin (SC), or into the muscle (IM). It is important to know these in theory, but vaccination should also be trained in practice.

Special knowledge and skills are required for vaccination of children.