Because...
- we don't keep this important information on a piece of paper, we save it...
- we don't always know where we have put our vaccination record...
- a doctor consulted in an emergency, or when away from home, doesn't know our vaccination record...
- if we lose our vaccination record, we sometimes have to be revaccinated when we don't really need to be...
- we want to be able to choose our vaccinations according to our personal situation...
- we don't always remember that a vaccination is due in a few months' time...
All these reasons have led to the development of
the Swiss electronic vaccination record, to enable you to manage your own vaccinations... even if
your doctors or pharmacists naturally remain the best people to advise you!
All you have to do to create your electronic vaccination record is to
- open a personal account, secured by a password, to which no other person can have access without your authorization
- enter some personal identification and contact information - so that your account is truly yours!
- eventually give some personal information (illnesses, profession, family and social contacts, travel) or your personal choices, which would make certain vaccines useful, not useful or contraindicated.
If you already have a vaccination record, an electronic assistant will help you to register your vaccinations: enter some of the letters from the name of the vaccine, choose from a list of corresponding vaccines and indicate the date of each vaccination. If you haven't a vaccination record, an electronic assistant will ask you some simple questions (for example: were you vaccinated during your childhood?) to help you reconstitute your vaccination history.
As soon as you have finished, the list of vaccines received for each illness will appear.
With one simple click, you get a free vaccinal assessment! For each illness, a green light or a red light will indicate whether you are up to date or not.
You can keep your vaccination record - or better still, authorize your doctor or pharmacist to access it: this allows them to see which vaccines you have recorded, to complete them if necessary and to validate them, so that this official vaccination record can then be printed out as often as you wish!
Would you like to be informed when a vaccination is due? A notification can be sent to you, free of charge, by text message or email, as soon as a vaccination is necessary.
