Issue Number
295
February 11, 2002
CONTENTS OF THIS ISSUE
- CDC publishes revised General
Recommendations on Immunization
- New freeware puts current
childhood immunization schedule in the palm of
your hand
- Check out IAC's Top 15 Downloaded
Items
- Pediatricians now have their own
Childhood Immunization Support Program (CISP)
and website
- World Vaccine Congress Montreal
2002 happens in April
- CDC publishes article on
tuberculosis morbidity decrease
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February 11, 2002
CDC PUBLISHES REVISED GENERAL RECOMMENDATIONS ON
IMMUNIZATION
On February 8, 2002, the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) published the much-anticipated "General
Recommendations on Immunization: Recommendations of the
Advisory Committee on Immunization
Practices (ACIP) and the American Academy of
Family Physicians (AAFP)" in the
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
Recommendations and Reports Series (vol.
51, no. RR-2).
The Immunization Action Coalition (IAC) recommends that
all health care settings that provide
vaccination services keep a copy of this Report
with their other essential immunization reference
materials and that clinic staff be
encouraged to read it.
The 35-page Report comes with seven tables that give
critical information in a concise format. Table 1
is "Recommended and minimum ages and
intervals between vaccine doses"; Table 5 is
"Guide to contraindications and precautions
to commonly used vaccines."
Instructions on taking an exam on the new recommendations
for continuing education credit are also
included.
The Summary of the Report reads in part as follows:
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This report is a revision of General Recommendations on
Immunization and updates the 1994 statement
by the Advisory Committee on Immunization
Practices (ACIP) (MMWR 1994;43 [No. RR-]:1-38).
The principal changes include expansion of the
discussion of vaccination spacing and timing,
recommendations for vaccinations administered by
an incorrect route, information regarding
needle-free injection technology, vaccination of children
adopted from countries outside the United States,
timing of live-virus vaccination and
tuberculosis screening, expansion of the
discussion and tables of contraindications and
precautions regarding vaccinations, and addition of a directory
of immunization resources. These
recommendations are not comprehensive for each
vaccine. The most recent ACIP recommendations
for each specific vaccine should be consulted for additional
details. This report, ACIP recommendations
for each vaccine, and other information regarding
immunization can be
accessed at CDC's National Immunization Program website
at http://www.cdc.gov/nip
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To obtain the complete text of the Report online, go to:
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr5102a1.htm
To obtain a camera-ready (PDF format) copy of the Report,
go to:
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/rr/rr5102.pdf
HOW TO OBTAIN A FREE ELECTRONIC SUBSCRIPTION TO THE MMWR:
To obtain a free electronic subscription to the "Morbidity
and Mortality Weekly Report" (MMWR), visit
CDC's MMWR website at:
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr Select "Free MMWR
Subscription" from the menu at the left of the screen.
Once you have submitted the required information, weekly
issues of the MMWR and all new ACIP statements (published
as MMWR's "Recommendations and Reports") will
arrive automatically by email.
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February 11, 2002
NEW FREEWARE PUTS CURRENT CHILDHOOD IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE
IN THE PALM OF YOUR HAND
"Shots 2002" is a quick, portable reference guide to the
2002 Childhood Immunization Schedule. Produced by the
Group on Immunization Education of the Society of Teachers
of Family Medicine (STFM), this freeware for the Palm OS 3.1
provides detailed information on vaccines. All you have to
do is click on them by name.
A handy feature of "Shots 2002" is a pick-list in the
bottom righthand corner of the screen that includes
high-risk indications, adverse reactions, catch-up schedules,
and administration instructions for each vaccine.
The program requires Palm OS 3.1 or higher and
approximately 170 KB of memory. It runs on both
color and non-color handhelds.
To download "Shots 2002," go to:
http://www.immunizationed.org/AnyPage.asp?Page=Palm
For more information, contact STFM by email at
admstaff@stfm.org
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February 11, 2002
CHECK OUT IAC'S TOP 15 DOWNLOADED ITEMS
More than 10,000 people found each of the following IAC
educational pieces useful enough to download between May
1, 2000 and December 31, 2001 (a 20-month period). The
most popular piece was downloaded a total of 38,033 times
during that period! And these numbers are just for the
English versions of the pieces--many more people have
downloaded translations of them.
We thought we would present our Top 15 items here in IAC
EXPRESS. You and your colleagues might find them all
useful too if you don't already have copies on your
shelves.
Please read them. Share them. Put them on colored paper
and post them. Give some away. Use them however they will
help you immunize patients and staff to prevent infectious
disease.
Drum rolllll:
1. "Summary of Rules for Childhood Immunization"
Downloads: 38,033
HTML: http://www.immunize.org/nslt.d/n17/rules1.htm
PDF: http://www.immunize.org/catg.d/rules1.pdf
2. "Summary of Recommendations for Adult Immunization"
Downloads: 28,604
HTML: http://www.immunize.org/catg.d/p2011b.htm
PDF: http://www.immunize.org/catg.d/p2011b.pdf
3. "Screening Questionnaire for Adult Immunization"
Downloads: 19,071
HTML: http://www.immunize.org/catg.d/p4065scr.htm
PDF: http://www.immunize.org/catg.d/p4065scr.pdf
4. "Immunizations for Babies" Downloads: 18,668
HTML: http://www.immunize.org/catg.d/p4010.htm
PDF: http://www.immunize.org/catg.d/p4010imm.pdf
5. "It's Federal Law!" (about VISs) By N. A. Halsey, M.D.
Downloads: 17,972
HTML: http://www.immunize.org/catg.d/2027law.htm
PDF: http://www.immunize.org/catg.d/2027law.pdf
6. NEEDLE TIPS Downloads: 16,760
HTML: http://www.immunize.org/nslt.d/n25/index.htm
PDF: http://www.immunize.org/nslt.d/n25/n25.pdf
7. Script for IAC's Vaccine-Preventable Disease Slide Set
Downloads: 16,437
PDF only: http://www.immunize.org/catg.d/3010slid.pdf
8. Directory of National Immunization Resources Downloads: 14,718
HTML: http://www.immunize.org/resources/contents.htm
PDF: http://www.immunize.org/resources/resource.pdf
9. "Vaccinations for Adults: You're Never Too Old to Get
Shots" Downloads: 12,495
HTML: http://www.immunize.org/nslt.d/n18/p4030new.htm
PDF: http://www.immunize.org/catg.d/p4030a.pdf
10. "Screening Questionnaire for Child and Teen
Immunization" Downloads: 11,761
HTML: http://www.immunize.org/catg.d/p4060scr.htm
PDF: http://www.immunize.org/catg.d/p4060scr.pdf
11. "Vaccine Myths" By Paul Offit, M.D. and Louis Bell, M.D.
Downloads: 11,446
HTML: http://www.immunize.org/catg.d/4038myth.htm
PDF: http://www.immunize.org/catg.d/4038myth.pdf
12. "When Do Children and Teens Need Vaccinations?"
Downloads: 11,398
HTML: http://www.immunize.org/nslt.d/n17/when1.htm
PDF: http://www.immunize.org/catg.d/when1.pdf
13. "After the Shots: What to Do If Your Child Has
Discomfort" Downloads: 10,914
HTML: http://www.immunize.org/nslt.d/n17/p4015.htm
PDF: http://www.immunize.org/catg.d/p4015.pdf
14. "Questions Frequently Asked About Hepatitis B"
Downloads: 10,697
HTML: http://www.immunize.org/catg.d/p4090.htm
PDF:
http://www.immunize.org/catg.d/p4090.pdf
15. "Vaccine Administration Record for Children and Teens"
Downloads: 10,580
HTML: http://www.immunize.org/catg.d/p2022b.htm
PDF: http://www.immunize.org/catg.d/p2022b.pdf
Remember, these are just our Top 15 pieces out of 75. To see our entire list of free print materials, go to:
http://www.immunize.org/free
If you do not have Web access, please contact IAC by phone
at (651) 647-9009, fax at (651) 647-647-9131, or email at
admin@immunize.org to request our catalog.
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February 11, 2002
PEDIATRICIANS NOW HAVE THEIR OWN CHILDHOOD IMMUNIZATION
SUPPORT PROGRAM (CISP) AND WEBSITE
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), in partnership
with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),
started a program two years ago "to improve the
immunization delivery system for children across the
nation." The main aim of the Childhood Immunization
Support Program (CISP) is to develop an infrastructure to
support AAP members and to provide education and resources
on immunization and related issues. Recently CISP launched
a brand-new website that connects people and disseminates
CISP news.
The CISP website features videos of immunizations, a
special call for proposals for Community Access
to Child Health (CATCH) grants, and pages devoted to research, Q&As
for families, provider resources, and more.
To see the new CISP website, go to:
http://www.cispimmunize.org/
To read more about CISP, go to:
http://www.cispimmunize.org/resour/rsc_main.html
For more information about CISP or to be added to the CISP
key contact network, contact Adriana Alvarez, M.P.H.,
Program Manager, American Academy of Pediatrics,
Department of Community Pediatrics, by phone at (800) 433-9016 (ext. 7106) or email at
aalvarez@aap.org
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February 11, 2002
WORLD VACCINE CONGRESS MONTREAL 2002 HAPPENS IN APRIL
The World Vaccine Congress 2002 will be held at the Hotel
Wyndham in Montreal on April 15-17. The three-day
business-centered event covers such topics as "the big
picture for vaccines," "the public
health context," "economics and commercialization," and "regulation and the
market."
Speakers include Mr. Kevin Reilly, President, Wyeth
Lederle Vaccines; Dr. Julie Milstien, Coordinator,
Access to Technologies, World Health Organization; and Dr. Robert
Chen, Chief, Vaccine Safety and Development Activity,
National Immunization Program, Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC).
To see the World Vaccine Congress schedule online, go to:
http://www.pharma-rd.net/WVC_Mont2002/confprog.asp
To request a printed Congress brochure online, go to:
http://www.terrapinn.com/FORMS/BrochureForm.asp?EID=1044
To register for the Congress online, go to:
http://www.terrapinn.com/FORMS/registerform.asp?EID=1044
For more information about the Congress, contact either
Heather Ward, Marketing Manager, by phone at +011-44-20-7827-5977, fax at +011-44-20-7242-1508, or email at
Heather.Ward@Terrapinn.com or Sarah Butt, Terrapinn
Pharmaceutical Events, by phone at +011-44-20-7827-5962, fax
(same fax), or email at Sarah.Butt@Terrapinn.com
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February 11, 2002
CDC PUBLISHES ARTICLE ON TUBERCULOSIS MORBIDITY DECREASE
On February 8, 2002, the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) published "Tuberculosis
Morbidity Among U.S.-Born and Foreign-Born Populations--United States,
2000" in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR).
There is no recommendation for routine BCG (Bacille
Calmette-Guerin) vaccination among the United
States general population.
The Editorial Note reads in part as follows:
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During 1992-2000, TB case rates in the United States
decreased for U.S.-born and foreign-born persons; however,
the decrease among foreign-born persons was less
substantial. . . . Despite the decrease in case rate among
foreign-born persons, approximately half of TB cases in
the United States in 2000 occurred in this population, and
the case rate was seven times greater in this population
than among U.S.-born persons. To address the high rate,
CDC is collaborating with other national and
international public health organizations 1) to improve overseas
screening of immigrants and refugees by developing
systematic tools for monitoring and evaluating the
screening process; 2) to improve the current notification
system that alerts local health departments about the
arrival of immigrants or refugees with suspected TB to
assist patients in obtaining a medical evaluation and, if
necessary, in completing a course of recommended drugs; 3)
to improve coordination of and communication about
TB control activities between the United States and Mexico to
ensure completion of treatment among TB patients who cross
the border; and 4) to test recent arrivals from high-incidence countries for latent TB
infection and ensure completion of treatment. In addition, CDC continues to
strengthen collaborations with international partners,
including the World Health Organization, to improve TB
control in high-incidence countries.
Accelerating national TB elimination activities will
require broader prevention efforts to evaluate and
address the needs of other high-risk groups such as persons with
HIV and those with limited access to medical care and
adequate housing and nutrition. Low-incidence areas need
to maintain the capacity and expertise to respond to
persons with TB. CDC is updating its plan to ensure that
prevention activities are undertaken with optimal
coordination among national and international public
health partners.
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To obtain the complete text of the article online, go to:
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5105a3.htm
To obtain a camera-ready (PDF format) copy of the entire
MMWR issue, go to:
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/wk/mm5105.pdf
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