Needle Tips
For health professionals providing services to children, teens, or adults
Needle Tips is a semiannual 24-page publication written for health professionals who provide immunization services to children, teens, or adults. Every issue includes the Ask the Experts feature by CDC experts who answer challenging and timely questions about vaccines and their administration; the vaccine highlights section which contains vaccine news from ACIP and CDC; and copyright-free print materials from IAC to photocopy and hand out to clinic staff and patients. The technical content of Needle Tips is reviewed for accuracy by CDC.
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Published September 2009
[24 pages, 2.2 MB PDF]
 
The Table of Contents below provides links to individual PDF sections of this issue.
 
Table of Contents
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Ask the Experts 1, 19-22
CDC Experts William L. Atkinson, MD, MPH, and Andrew Kroger, MD, MPH, answer challenging and timely questions about vaccines and their administration    
This section also includes information on where to get the latest updates on novel H1N1 influenza and how to subscribe to IAC's periodicals and email news service
Are You Hooked on IAC's Video of the Week? 2-3
Each week, IAC showcases a different video about immunization
This section also provides publication details about Needle Tips and lists publication staff, IAC staff, board of directors, and advisory board members
Vaccine Highlights: Recommendations, licensures 4-5
ACIP meetings, vaccine coverage 2008, current VIS dates, related resources, and news about influenza, Hib, MMR and MMRV, hepatitis A and B, polio, rabies, Japanese encephalitis, and combination vaccines
Unprotected People...Influenza Ends Martin McGowan's Life 6
By Diane McGowan, Martin's mother and a Families Fighting Flu board member

Don't Take Chances with Your Family's Health – Make Sure You All Get Vaccinated Against Influenza Every Year!

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Educational Print Material: Give this piece to patients/parents to inform them about influenza vaccine
Use these Materials for Your Healthcare Personnel Influenza Immunization Campaign 8
Featuring "First do no harm" and "Declination of Influenza Vaccination"    
Influenza Materials for Patients and Staff 9
Educational Print Materials: Collection of more than 10 pieces for influenza vaccination
Pnemococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine: CDC Answers Your Questions 10
Educational Print Material: One-page Q&As, with a table about revaccination
Give the Birth Dose: Hepatitis B vaccine at birth saves lives 11
By Deborah L. Wexler, MD, Executive Director, Immunization Action Coalition
Summary of Recommendations for Childhood and Adolescent Immunization 12-14
Educational Print Material: Three-page reference table on appropriate use, scheduling, and contraindications of childhood vaccines
Summary of Recommendations for Adult Immunization 15-17
Educational Print Material: Three-page reference table on appropriate use, scheduling, and contraindications of childhood vaccines
IAC's Questions & Answers on Diseases and Vaccines 18
These materials are ready for you to download and hand out to patients
Order Essential Immunization Resources from IAC 23
Order form for IAC's record cards, laminated schedules, CD-ROM, padded questionnaires, and more
All Healthcare Personnel Need Seasonal and H1N1 Vaccination 24
Editorial by IAC Executive Director, Deborah Wexler, MD
This page was reviewed on September 11, 2009
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