Using the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR)

How to report vaccines administered during pregnancy to the AIR

An antenatal indicator has been added to the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR). The addition of this indicator allows vaccination providers to report to the AIR if a person is pregnant at the time of vaccine administration.

Vaccination information can be reported to the AIR through software or the AIR site via Health Professional Online Services (HPOS).

Legislative changes under the Australian Immunisation Register Act 2015 require mandatory antenatal reporting from 1 March 2025.
 

Using software

Vaccination providers can report pregnancy status using software that has been updated to include the antenatal indicator. 

Vaccination providers using software that has not yet been updated to include the antenatal indicator can report pregnancy status using the Vaccine type field and selecting ‘Antenatal’.

Note: Software providers have until October 2025 to update their software to include the antenatal indicator field and remove the ‘Antenatal’ option from the Vaccine type field. 

Contact your software provider for further information and support.
 

Using the AIR site

Vaccination providers using the AIR site should report pregnancy status using the antenatal indicator and selecting a single option: ‘Yes’, ‘No’ or ‘Unspecified’, as shown below:

Note: Where the individual is a female aged 10–65 years, the ‘Unspecified’ option will not be listed (effective from 1 March 2025). 
 

Further information

 

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Last updated February 2025