From 1 March 2025, all vaccination providers must report to the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR) whether an individual was pregnant at the time of vaccination.
Maternal immunisation is critical in protecting pregnant women and their babies from serious illness and severe complications from vaccine preventable diseases.
The collection of antenatal data is important as it ensures that the AIR contains a complete and reliable dataset to enable the monitoring:
of immunisation coverage and administration
the effectiveness and safety of maternal vaccines and vaccination programs, such as the:
NIP
influenza
other respiratory vaccines
Vaccination providers can report antenatal information to the AIR through clinical software or the AIR site, using either the:
antenatal indicator – the new indicator will be rolled out in clinical software throughout 2025. Vaccination providers should update to the latest version of their clinical software to make sure they have the latest functionality
vaccine type field – if the new Antenatal indicator is not yet available in clinical software, the antenatal information must be reported to the AIR using the ‘Antenatal’ option under the ‘Vaccine type’ field
Vaccination providers wanting to know when the new Antenatal indicator will be available in their clinical software are encouraged to speak with their software provider.