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Scope

Purpose
The NIR Collection has been established to provide data for monitoring immunisation coverage and the progress of immunisation campaigns such as Meningococcal B. This collection also supplies the Safety Monitoring Report for the Meningococcal B campaign.

Content
The NIR Collection is updated every week with a full load of data from the National Immunisation Register, which is a register of all immunisation enrolments and events, including Meningococcal, Childhood Immunisation, and Tuberculosis vaccine (BCG).

Start date

The NIR Collection was implemented on August 2004
It contains Kidslink data from January 2001. The main cohort at Counties Manukau starts from March 2003. Other DHBs have different start dates.

Guide for use

Childhood Immunisation data starts from a cohort beginning in April 2005, with the exception of 30,000 children from the original Kidslink system in Auckland.

Contact information

For further information about this collection or to request specific datasets or reports, contact the NZHIS Analytical Services team, on ph 04 816 2882, fax 04 816 2898, or e-mail inquiries@nzhis.govt.nz.

Collection methods – guide for providers

Data is sourced from primary care providers and the Schools-Based Vaccination System (SBVS) via the NIR system.

Frequency of updates

Vaccination events and enrolments are updated every week.

Frequency of updates Security of data

The NIR Collection is accessed by authorised NZHIS staff for maintenance, data quality, analytical, and audit purposes.
Authorised users from the Ministry of Health’s Public Health Directorate, DHBs and PHOs have access to the data for monitoring vaccination coverage via the Business Objects Infoview over the secure Health Intranet. Business Objects contains a subset of the data described in the Data Dictionary.

Privacy issues

The Ministry of Health is required to ensure that the release of information recognises any legislation related to the privacy of health information, in particular the Official Information Act 1982, the Privacy Act 1993 and the Health Information Privacy Code 1994.
Information available to the general public is of a statistical and non-identifiable nature. Researchers requiring identifiable data will usually need approval from an Ethics Committee.

National reports and publications

All reports, including national and DHB-level reports are available to secure users using Business Objects Infoview over the Health Intranet.

Data provision

Customised datasets or summary reports may be available on request, either electronically or on paper. Staff from the NZHIS Analytical Services team can help to define the specifications for a request and are familiar with the strengths and weaknesses of the data.
The NZHIS Analytical Services team also offers a peer review service to ensure that NZHIS data is reported appropriately when published by other organisations.
There may be charges associated with data extracts.


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