Immunisation Clinic

The Immunisation Clinic at the Women's and Children's Hospital is part of the Adelaide Immunisation Centre of Excellence (AICE).

It provides immunisation services to women and children who are current inpatients and outpatients at the hospital, offering the best possible protection against vaccine preventable diseases such as whooping cough, measles and the flu.

The clinic is staffed by authorised immunisation nurses who offer a comprehensive immunisation program, including additional immunisation needs for medically at risk patients and their families.

The general public, visitors to the hospital and patients of other hospitals cannot access these services.

Services available

The Immunisation Clinic offers the following:

• Routine and catch-up immunisations for children and adolescents.
• Additional immunisations for medically at risk children and adolescents e.g. following chemotherapy, solid organ transplant, chronic renal disease.
• Scheduled maternal immunisations.
• Some immunisations for family members of medically at risk patients are available at a cost and dependant on stock availability, such as:
• flu vaccine
• whooping cough vaccine for partners/parents of pregnant women.
• Immunisation advice and information for individuals and their families.

Attending the clinic

A booked appointment or drop-in service is available.

Appointments can be made by calling (08) 8161 6316.

Please bring your Medicare card, your child's Child Health Record (Blue Book), and/or your SA Pregnancy Record (Orange Book).

Please note: A written hospital referral will be required from your specialist doctor at the hospital if your child is medically at risk and has additional immunisation requirements.

Opening hours

Monday to Friday 9.00am – 4.30pm

Closed weekends and public holidays.

Location and contact details

Zone A, Level 1 (next to Paediatric Outpatients and in close proximity to Women’s Outpatients)

Women's and Children's Hospital
72 King William Road
North Adelaide SA 5006

Telephone:  (08) 8161 6316

Useful links

Below are some useful links for your information:

Immunisation during pregnancy – translated versions

The Immunisation Clinic consumer brochure (300kb)

National Immunisation Program - South Australian Schedule (47kb)

last modified: 20 Mar 2020

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