The first report into pharmacists’ immunisation reporting practices in Australia shows there are high levels of electronic submission of vaccination data to the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR), but that more could be done to increase uptake of automated software.

The National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance (NCIRS) report comes as the reporting of vaccinations funded on the National Immunisation Program (NIP) became mandatory on July 1. All COVID-19 and influenza vaccines became mandatory on March 1.