- Title
- COVID-19 vaccination in haematology patients: an Australian and New Zealand consensus position statement
- Creator
- McCaughan, Georgia; Di Ciaccio, Pietro; Ross, David M.; Mulligan, Stephen; Trotman, Judith; Dickinson, Michael; Quach, Hang; Choi, Phillip; Polizzotto, Mark N.; Tam, Constantine S.; Ho, P. Joy; Ku, Matthew; Ananda-Rajah, Michelle; Gregory, Gareth; Gangatharan, S; Hapgood, G; Cochrane, T; Cheah, C; Gibbs, S; Wei, A; Johnston, A; Greenwood, M; Prince, HM; Gilroy, Nicole; Latimer, M; Berkahn, L; Wight, J; Armytage, T; Hamad, N; MacIntyre, Raina; Teh, Benjamin; Weinkove, Robert; Curnow, Jennifer; Szer, Jeff; Enjeti, Anoop K.
- Relation
- Internal Medicine Journal Vol. 51, Issue 5, p. 763-768
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/imj.15247
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2021
- Description
- Australia and New Zealand have achieved excellent community control of COVID-19 infection. In light of the imminent COVID-19 vaccination roll out in both countries, representatives from the Haematology Society of Australia and New Zealand and infectious diseases specialists have collaborated on this consensus position statement regarding COVID-19 vaccination in patients with haematological disorders. It is our recommendation that patients with haematological malignancies, and some benign haematological disorders, should have expedited access to high-efficacy COVID-19 vaccines, given that these patients are at high risk of morbidity and mortality from COVID-19 infection. Vaccination should not replace other public health measures in these patients, given that the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccination, specifically in patients with haematological malignancies, is not known. Given the limited available data, prospective collection of safety and efficacy data of COVID-19 vaccination in this patient group is a priority.
- Subject
- Covid-19; vaccination; haematology; lymphoma; leukaemia; plasma cell; SDG 3; Sustainable Development Goals
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1468012
- Identifier
- uon:47968
- Identifier
- ISSN:1444-0903
- Language
- eng
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