Public Immunisation Program
Country Health Connect runs public vaccination clinics in Mount Gambier throughout the year on select Wednesdays between 9:00am and 11:00am and 3:30pm and 5:30pm. The National Immunisation Program is provided to all families with a Medicare Card.
This service is provided free of charge under this program.
Appointments can be made by phoning (08) 8721 1460 during business hours.
Venue: 2/15 Sturt Street Mount Gambier
Community Sharps Disposal Program
‘Community sharps’ is the collective term given to the needles, syringes and lancets used by members of the community for the administration of medication. For example the treatment of diabetes, pain relief for arthritis or prevention of allergic reactions.
Best practice for safe community sharps disposal:
- Place all community sharps into an approved sharps container,
- Do not overfill the container, see the ‘fill line’ on the outside of the container,
- Ensure the lid is securely closed,
- Dispose of containers only at a community sharps disposal facility, and
- Always keep containers out of reach of children.
Environmentally friendly fibreboard sharps containers can be purchased in a various sizes from Council (fees apply).
A 24-hour accessible sharps disposal bin is available in the Cave Garden, outside the Civic Centre, 10 Watson Terrace (pictured below).
All sharps must be in a sealed and approved sharps container (AS 4031-1992 or AS 4939-2001) for disposal.
Single sharps disposals can also be made via fixed sharps containers in many of council's public toilet facilities.
