Issue Number 32
December 1, 1998
CONTENTS OF THIS ISSUE
- Fall/Winter "VACCINATE
ADULTS!" is on the web
- Buena Noticia! Td Vaccine Information
Statement (VIS)
is on the web in Spanish!
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December 1, 1998
FALL/WINTER "VACCINATE ADULTS!" IS ON THE WEB
The new issue of "VACCINATE ADULTS!" has lots of new and practical information.
And don't forget... all materials inside "VACCINATE ADULTS!" are camera ready,
copyright free, and reviewed for technical accuracy by the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
NOTE: "VACCINATE ADULTS!" is a 12-page publication for adult medicine
specialists. It contains adult immunization and hepatitis B resources that were just
published in the fall/winter issue of "NEEDLE TIPS," the Coalition's 28-page
semi-annual publication. "NEEDLE TIPS" is for health professionals who provide
services for children, or children and adults. So, if you've already received "NEEDLE
TIPS," you've also received all of the contents of "VACCINATE ADULTS!"
To download the entire fall/winter 1998-99 issue
of "VACCINATE ADULTS!," in camera-ready format, click here:
http://www.immunize.org/va/va3.pdf
Or you can click on any of the following items and view and/or download them:
Ask the Experts: CDC immunization expert Dr. William Atkinson answers your immunization
questions
http://www.immunize.org/va/va3-ask.htm
Ask the Experts: CDC hepatitis experts, Linda Moyer, RN, and Harold Margolis, MD, answer
hepatitis A and B questions
http://www.immunize.org/va/va3-ask.htm#HepatitisB
http://www.immunize.org/va/va3-ask.htm#HepatitisA
Letters to the Editor: "Varicella vaccine saves adults' lives" by Walter A.
Orenstein, MD, Assistant Surgeon General, Director, National Immunization Program, CDC;
and also "Doctor says influenza has not gone away," by W. Paul Glezen, MD,
Professor and Head, Preventive Medicine Section, Baylor College of Medicine
http://www.immunize.org/va/va3-let.htm
Vaccine highlights - latest recommendations and schedules
http://www.immunize.org/va/va3-vac.htm
NEW! Vaccinations for adults with hepatitis C virus infection
http://www.immunize.org/catg.d/4042hepc.htm
http://www.immunize.org/catg.d/4042hepc.pdf
Revised! Summary of recommendations for adult immunization
http://www.immunize.org/catg.d/p2011b.htm
http://www.immunize.org/catg.d/p2011b.pdf
Revised! Dosage schedule of hepatitis A and B vaccines
http://www.immunize.org/catg.d/2081ab.htm
http://www.immunize.org/catg.d/2081ab.pdf
It's federal law! You must give your patients current Vaccine Information Statements
(VISs) by Neal Halsey, MD, Institute for Vaccine Safety
http://www.immunize.org/va/va3-vis.htm
Where to get adult immunization resources
http://www.immunize.org/va/va3-vis.htm#Where
Check your state's immunization rates
http://www.immunize.org/va/va3-ask.htm#YourState
Coalition's Adult Catalog: Immunization and hepatitis B videos, brochures, etc. Order one,
make copies!
http://www.immunize.org/va/va3-cat.htm
Join the Coalition! A $40 annual VACCINATE ADULTS! membership will help support the
Coalition plus we'll send you a packet of the Coalition's adult print materials and two
videos.
http://www.immunize.org/va/va3-join.htm
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BUENA NOTICIA! TD VACCINE INFORMATION STATEMENT (VIS) IS ON THE WEB IN SPANISH!
The Spanish translation of the Td VIS is now available on the Immunization Action
Coalition's website. This translation (along with many others) was generously provided to
the Coalition by the California Department of Health Service's Immunization Branch. The
Spanish translation of the Td VIS can be downloaded from our website by clicking here:
http://www.immunize.org/vis/sptd.pdf
And now...the familiar and friendly reminder from your advocates! Before you
vaccinate a child or an adult with a dose of DTaP, DTP, Td, MMR, varicella, polio, Hib, or
hepatitis B vaccine, you are required by law to give a copy of the most current VIS to the
adult vaccinee or to the child's parent or legal guardian.
Need other Spanish translations of VISs (or English versions)? Visit the
Immunization Action Coalition's VIS web page by clicking here:
http://www.immunize.org/vis/visindex.htm
or you can click on any of the following:
Chickenpox: http://www.immunize.org/vis/spvaric.pdf
DTaP: http://www.immunize.org/vis/spdtap.pdf
Hib: http://www.immunize.org/vis/sphib.pdf
Hepatitis B: http://www.immunize.org/vis/sphepb.pdf
MMR: http://www.immunize.org/vis/spmmr.pdf
Polio: http://www.immunize.org/vis/sppolio.pdf
If you are unable to download these documents from the web, call your state health
department and ask to have a copy sent to you by mail. Click here for your state health
department immunization program's phone number:
http://www.immunize.org/nslt.d/n18/coord18.htm
If your state doesn't have Spanish translations, contact Maria Clarke at the State of
California's Immunization Program. Her phone number is 510-849-5042. (California does not
provide original translations of pneumococcal or influenza VISs.)
Do you need pneumococcal and influenza VISs in Spanish, Cambodian, Hmong, Vietnamese,
Laotian, Russian, and/or Somali? The Minnesota Department of Health website is the place
to go. Click here to visit their VIS web page and download these items:
http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/dpc/adps/translte.htm
If you are not able to access their VISs over the Internet and need to have a camera-ready
copy sent, you can call the Minnesota Department of Health at 612-676-5237. |
