Instructions to update existing Vaccination Tracker spreadsheet with new pneumococcal vaccine (Capvaxive®) requirements

What residential aged care homes (RACHs) need to do

1. Arrange for all your age-eligible residents to get Capvaxive from 1/7/26 (even if your resident has previously received Prevenar 13 and/or Pneumovax 23)
   • They need to wait at least 12 months after getting Prevenar 13/Pneumovax 23 before getting Capvaxive.
   • The pneumococcal vaccine-specific online consent form is available here: P​neumococcal vaccination consent form for <Name of aged care facility >residents
2. Update your vaccination tracker spreadsheet

You can either use the new spreadsheet orupdate your existing spreadsheet.

Spreadsheet terminology

Instructions for updating your vaccination tracker spreadsheet

1. Open your existing spreadsheet.
2. Open the new spreadsheet titled “Vaccination tracker with Capvaxive_use from 1 July 2026”.
3. On your existing spreadsheet, click on cell B2 (in the First Name column) and drag your mouse to the last entry in column J (in the Due for Influenza column):
4. Press Ctrl C.
   
5. On the new spreadsheet, click on cell B2 (in the First name column) and press Ctrl V.
6. Return to your existing spreadsheet, click on cell Q2 (in the Shingrix dose 1 column) and drag your mouse to the last entry in column X (in the Refusal Comments column).
7. Press Ctrl C.
8. On the new spreadsheet, click on cell M2 (in the Shingrix Dose 1 column) and press Ctrl V.