Issue
Number 423
November 5, 2003
CONTENTS OF THIS ISSUE
- Tetanus Toolkit: IAC pulls together tetanus
immunization resources for health professionals and their patients
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November 5, 2003
TETANUS TOOLKIT: IAC PULLS TOGETHER TETANUS IMMUNIZATION RESOURCES FOR
HEALTH PROFESSIONALS AND THEIR PATIENTS
On October 31, "IAC EXPRESS" published "Unprotected People #58-#62: Tetanus,
a Virtually Preventable Disease, Still Endangers and Claims Lives," which
presented five accounts of people who had suffered or died from tetanus. The
point of offering readers several accounts was to give them examples they
can use to convince patients from many populations about the need to be
vaccinated against tetanus.
In the same manner, the Immunization Action Coalition (IAC) has pulled
together this Tetanus Toolkit of resources with the goal of presenting
information useful for health professionals in a range of settings and for
patients from a variety of backgrounds. To that end, we've assembled
tetanus-specific information for professionals and patients, as well as
general information about increasing childhood and adult immunization rates.
Sources for the information include IAC, the National Foundation for
Infectious Diseases, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and
professional organizations.
TETANUS-SPECIFIC RESOURCES
FROM THE IMMUNIZATION ACTION COALITION:
Tetanus Disease Q & A
http://www.vaccineinformation.org/tetanus/qandadis.asp
Tetanus Vaccine Q & A
http://www.vaccineinformation.org/tetanus/qandavax.asp
General tetanus information for health professionals (journal articles,
recommendations, state laws, case histories, photos, other resources)
http://www.immunize.org/tetanus
General tetanus information for patients and parents (disease
and vaccine Q & As, photos, case histories, recommendations,
references, links to other sources)
http://www.vaccineinformation.org/tetanus
FROM THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES:
"Power of 10" patient-education brochure
http://www.nfid.org/powerof10/pdf/brochure2.pdf
"Are You At Risk?" self-quiz
http://www.nfid.org/powerof10/section2/areyouatrisk.html
Tetanus fact sheet for adults
http://www.nfid.org/powerof10/section2/factsheet-tetanus.html
"Are You Protected?" information
http://www.nfid.org/powerof10/section2/areyouprotected.html
Tetanus overview
http://www.nfid.org/powerof10/section2/overview-tetanus.html
Diphtheria/tetanus study (from the "Annals of Internal Medicine,"
May 2002)
http://www.nfid.org/powerof10/section2/mcquillanstudy.html
FROM THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION:
Tetanus Vaccine Information Statement (in 28 languages)
http://www.immunize.org/vis/#td
Clinical overview of tetanus (from "Epidemiology and Prevention of
Vaccine-Preventable Diseases," also known as the "Pink Book")
http://www.cdc.gov/nip/publications/pink/tetanus.pdf
The tetanus chapter of the National Immunization Program's "Parents
Guide to Childhood Immunization"
http://www.cdc.gov/nip/publications/Parents-Guide/pg-tetanus.rtf
The tetanus chapter of the National Immunization Program's
"VPD Surveillance Manual"
http://www.cdc.gov/nip/publications/surv-manual/chpt13_tetanus.pdf
Tetanus and diphtheria (Td) slides from the National Immunization
Program's "Immunization Update 2003" broadcast (requires Microsoft
PowerPoint)
http://www.cdc.gov/nip/ed/AdultUpdateScripts/adult-update-03-td.ppt
DATA FOR PROVIDER/PATIENT EDUCATION:
"Adults aged greater than or equal to 60 years continue to be at
highest risk for tetanus and for severe disease. . . . For adults
60 years or older, the increased risk for tetanus was nearly
sevenfold that for persons aged 5-19 years and twofold that for
persons aged 20-59 years. The case-fatality ratio varied from 2.3%
for persons aged 20-39 years to 16% for persons aged 40-59 years
and to 18% for persons aged greater than or equal to 60 years. . .
Waning of immunity to tetanus declines rapidly starting at the age
of 40 years and, by the age of 70 years, only 27.8% of persons have
protective levels of antibodies to tetanus toxoid."
Source: "Prevention and Control of VPDs in Long-Term Care
Facilities" (page 54)
http://www.cdc.gov/nip/publications/Long-term-care.pdf
RESOURCES TO INCREASE CHILDHOOD AND ADULT IMMUNIZATION RATES
FROM THE IMMUNIZATION ACTION COALITION:
"Do I Need Any Vaccinations Today?"
HTML: http://www.immunize.org/catg.d/4036need.htm
PDF: http://www.immunize.org/catg.d/4036need.pdf
"Vaccinations for Adults: You're never to old to get shots!"
English HTML: http://www.immunize.org/nslt.d/n18/p4030new.htm
Englist PDF: http://www.immunize.org/catg.d/p4030a.pdf
Spanish HTML: http://www.immunize.org/catg.d/p4030-01.htm
Spanish PDF: http://www.immunize.org/catg.d/p4030-01.pdf
"Tips To Improve Your Clinic's Immunization Rates"
HTML: http://www.immunize.org/catg.d/p2045.htm
PDF: http://www.immunize.org/catg.d/p2045tip.pdf
FROM THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION:
"Strategies for Increasing Adult Vaccination Rates"
http://www.cdc.gov/nip/publications/adultstrat.htm
FROM PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS:
"Increasing Adult Vaccination Rates: What Works" (CD-ROM from the
Association of Teachers of Preventive Medicine and CDC)
http://www.atpm.org/Immunization/whatworks.html
Information and tools from the Adult Immunization Initiative
section of the American College of Physicians-American Society of
Internal Medicine website
http://www.acponline.org/aii |
