AIR Readiness

• Please use the AIR vaccinator portal to record all vaccinations for all age groups, including Covid-19 and travel vaccinations. All vaccines are available to record in the AIR. Information on how to sign up to the AIR is in the Vaccine Systems Toolkit.  
• The NIR-3 paper vaccination recording form has been replaced by the NIP8898 Vaccination Recording Form. You can find this form here (if required) 
• Vaccination ordering can still be done through the CIR inventory portal. 
• If a consumer chooses to receive a vaccination, the information needs to be recorded in the AIR. Material is available to support this change.  You can find more information, including material, here.   

• Adverse reactions & medical warnings cannot be recorded in the AIR. Please record adverse reactions in CARM.  
• Bookings created using Book My Vaccine (BMV) can only be viewed by logging into the BMV admin system.  

• The Newborn Enrolment Service is linked to Bagernet, Expect and Solution Plus. If you use these systems, please continue to operate as usual.  
• The newborn enrolment form (NIR1) has been replaced by the NIP8897 Notification of Newborn for Enrolment form. You can find this form here. (Please check with your District Lead for local variations).  
• The NIR-3 paper vaccination recording form has been replaced by the NIP8898 Vaccination Recording Form. You can find this form here. (if required) 
• If you administer vaccinations and are using a Patient Management System (PMS) that connects directly to the AIR, please continue to use the PMS to record vaccinations.   
• If you administer vaccinations not using an integrated PMS please use the AIR vaccinator portal to record vaccinations.  Information on how to sign up to the AIR is in the Vaccine Systems Toolkit.  
• For those working in a maternity ward, later in 2024 we will integrate the AIR with your regional clinical portal so you can use those portals to record and view immunisation history in AIR. In the meantime, you can onboard to the AIR vaccinator portal.  
• If a consumer chooses to receive a vaccination, the information needs to be recorded in the AIR. Material is available to support this change.  You can find more information, including material, here.   
• Adverse reactions & medical warnings cannot be recorded in the AIR. Please record adverse reactions in CARM.  

Recording vaccinations  

• If you use a PMS system integrated with the AIR to record vaccinations, use your PMS to record all vaccinations. 
• If a consumer chooses to receive a vaccination, the information needs to be recorded in the AIR. Material is available to support this change.  You can find more information, including material, here.   
• If you don’t use an integrated PMS system, please use the AIR vaccinator portal to record vaccinations.  Information on how to sign up to the AIR is in the Vaccine Systems Toolkit.  
• The NIR-3 paper vaccination recording form has been replaced by the NIP8898 Vaccination Recording Form. You can find this form here (if required). 
• Privately funded and travel vaccinations are recorded in the AIR and included in a status query. Users of a Intrahealth (Profile PMS) will have the ability to message privately funded vaccinations in March 2024. 
• Adverse reactions & medical warnings cannot be recorded in the AIR. Please record adverse reactions in CARM.  

• Bookings created using Book My Vaccine (BMV) can only be viewed by logging into the BMV admin system 

Status queries and notifications  

• Status queries to view a person’s immunisation history operate in the same way. 
• Newborn enrolment information is sent to the practice EDI rather than the GP.  
• You will no longer receive an NIR generated overdue notification to your EDI. Overdue reporting will continue, though the format in which it is received may differ.   
• You will continue to receive notifications when an enrolled patient receives a vaccination elsewhere, including travel vaccinations.   
• The AIR can receive serology results from PMS. Primary care will still be responsible for following up on serology & recording the results in their PMS.  

• If you use a PMS system integrated with the AIR to record vaccinations, use your PMS to record all vaccinations. 
• If you don’t use an integrated PMS system, please use the AIR vaccinator portal to record vaccinations. All vaccines are available to record in the AIR.  Information on how to sign up to the AIR is in the Vaccine Systems Toolkit
• The NIR-3 paper vaccination recording form has been replaced by the NIP8898 Vaccination Recording Form. You can find this form here (if required). 
• If a consumer chooses to receive a vaccination, the information needs to be recorded in the AIR. Material is available to support this change.  You can find more information, including material, here.   
• Adverse reactions & medical warnings cannot be recorded in the AIR. Please record adverse reactions in CARM.  
• Bookings created using Book My Vaccine (BMV) can only be viewed by logging into the BMV admin system  

• If you use a PMS system integrated with the AIR to record vaccinations, use your PMS to record all vaccinations. 
• If you don’t use an integrated PMS system, please use the AIR vaccinator portal to record vaccinations. All vaccines are available to record in the AIR.  Information on how to sign up to the AIR is in the Vaccine Systems Toolkit 
• You can continue to use Whanau Tahi SBVS to record vaccinations with no disruption to service. 
• The NIR-3 paper vaccination recording form has been replaced by the NIP8898 Vaccination Recording Form. You can find this form here (if required). 

• If a consumer chooses to receive a vaccination, the information needs to be recorded in the AIR. Material is available to support this change.  You can find more information, including material, here. 
• SBVS nurses may elect to shift from paper forms to directly recording in the vaccinator portal at the discretion of each school-based vaccination programme.   
• Adverse reactions & medical warnings cannot be recorded in the AIR. Please record adverse reactions in CARM.  

• We are working with clinical portal vendors to support integration with the AIR later in 2024. You can sign-up to AIR vaccinator portal as a temporary solution to record vaccinations and access vaccination history. Information on how to sign up to the AIR is in the Vaccine Systems Toolkit 
• The NIR-3 paper vaccination recording form has been replaced by the NIP8898 Vaccination Recording Form. You can find this form here (if required). 
• Adverse reactions & medical warnings cannot be recorded in the AIR. Please record adverse reactions in CARM.  
• If a consumer chooses to receive a vaccination, the information needs to be recorded in the AIR. Material is available to support this change.  You can find more information, including material, here.   

• If you use a PMS system integrated with the AIR to record vaccinations, use your PMS to record all vaccinations. 
• If you don’t use an integrated PMS system, please use the AIR vaccinator portal to record vaccinations. All vaccines are available to record in the AIR.  Information on how to sign up to the AIR is in the Vaccine Systems Toolkit. 
• The NIR-3 paper vaccination recording form has been replaced by the NIP8898 Vaccination Recording Form. You can find this form here (if required). 
• If a consumer chooses to receive a vaccination, the information needs to be recorded in the AIR. Material is available to support this change.  You can find more information, including material, here.   
• Adverse reactions & medical warnings cannot be recorded in the AIR. Please record adverse reactions in CARM.  
• Guidance relating to additional consent requirements for occupational health providers is available on our website – Key documentation – Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand (https://www.tewhatuora.govt.nz/our-health-system/digital-health/the-aotearoa-immunisation-register-air/key/#guidance-regarding-sharing-privately-funded-vaccination-details).  

Health workforces that deliver vaccination services to people.  

• If you use a PMS system integrated with the AIR to record vaccinations, use your PMS to record all vaccinations. 
• If you don’t use an integrated PMS system, please use the AIR vaccinator portal to record vaccinations. All vaccines are available to record in the AIR.  Information on how to sign up to the AIR is in the Vaccine Systems Toolkit. 
• The NIR-3 paper vaccination recording form has been replaced by the NIP8898 Vaccination Recording Form. You can find this form here (if required). 
• If a consumer chooses to receive a vaccination, the information needs to be recorded in the AIR. Material is available to support this change.  You can find more information, including material, here.   
• Adverse reactions & medical warnings cannot be recorded in the AIR. Please record adverse reactions in CARM.  
• Bookings created using Book My Vaccine (BMV) can only be viewed by logging into the BMV admin system 

• If you use a PMS system integrated with the AIR to record vaccinations, use your PMS to record all vaccinations. 
• If you don’t use an integrated PMS system, please use the AIR vaccinator portal to record vaccinations. All vaccines are available to record in the AIR.  Information on how to sign up to the AIR is in the Vaccine Systems Toolkit. 
• The NIR-3 paper vaccination recording form has been replaced by the NIP8898 Vaccination Recording Form. You can find this form here (if required). 
• If a consumer chooses to receive a vaccination, the information needs to be recorded in the AIR. Material is available to support this change.  You can find more information, including material, here.   
• Adverse reactions & medical warnings cannot be recorded in the AIR. Please record adverse reactions in CARM.  

• If you use a PMS system integrated with the AIR to record vaccinations, use your PMS to record all vaccinations. 
• If you don’t use an integrated PMS system, please use the AIR vaccinator portal to record vaccinations. All vaccines are available to record in the AIR.  Information on how to sign up to the AIR is in the Vaccine Systems Toolkit. 
• The NIR-3 paper vaccination recording form has been replaced by the NIP8898 Vaccination Recording Form. You can find this form here (if required). 
• If a consumer chooses to receive a vaccination, the information needs to be recorded in the AIR. Material is available to support this change.  You can find more information, including material, here.   

• If you use a PMS system integrated with the AIR to record vaccinations, use your PMS to record all vaccinations. 
• If you don’t use an integrated PMS system, please use the AIR vaccinator portal to record vaccinations. All vaccines are available to record in the AIR.  Information on how to sign up to the AIR is in the Vaccine Systems Toolkit. 
• The NIR-3 paper vaccination recording form has been replaced by the NIP8898 Vaccination Recording Form. You can find this form here (if required). 
• If a consumer chooses to receive a vaccination, the information needs to be recorded in the AIR. Material is available to support this change.  You can find more information, including material, here.   
• Coverage reporting is no longer available through the Qlik application and is available in Power BI.  
• Adverse reactions & medical warnings cannot be recorded in the AIR. Please record adverse reactions in CARM.  
• Bookings created using Book My Vaccine (BMV) can only be viewed by logging into the BMV admin system  

• If you use a PMS system integrated with the AIR to record vaccinations, use your PMS to record all vaccinations. 
• If you don’t use an integrated PMS system, please use the AIR vaccinator portal to record vaccinations. All vaccines are available to record in the AIR.  Information on how to sign up to the AIR is in the Vaccine Systems Toolkit. 
• The NIR-3 paper vaccination recording form has been replaced by the NIP8898 Vaccination Recording Form. You can find this form here (if required). 
• If a consumer chooses to receive a vaccination, the information needs to be recorded in the AIR. Material is available to support this change.  You can find more information, including material, here.   
• Adverse reactions & medical warnings cannot be recorded in the AIR. Please record adverse reactions in CARM.  
• Travel vaccinations are included in PMS status queries. Users of a Intrahealth (Profile PMS) will have the ability to message privately funded vaccinations in March 2024.