Issue
Number 470
July 19, 2004
CONTENTS OF THIS ISSUE
- Get ready for influenza vaccination season with IAC's Adult
Immunization Record Card
- Updated: Newly revised "Summary of Adult Immunization Recommendations"
now online
- New VIS translations: Inactivated trivalent influenza vaccine VIS now
available in ten additional languages
- CDC publishes hard copy of July 9 electronic article on fourth rabies
death linked to organ transplantation
- "Vaccines: Preventing Disease and Protecting Health" examines past,
present, and future vaccine development
- CDC corrects telephone number published in the Updated Recommendations
for Use of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine
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ABBREVIATIONS: AAFP, American Academy of Family Physicians; AAP, American
Academy of Pediatrics; ACIP, Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices;
CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; FDA, Food and Drug
Administration; IAC, Immunization Action Coalition; MMWR, Morbidity and
Mortality Weekly Report; NIP, National Immunization Program; VIS, Vaccine
Information Statement; VPD, vaccine-preventable disease; WHO, World Health
Organization.
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July 19, 2004
GET READY FOR INFLUENZA VACCINATION SEASON WITH IAC'S ADULT IMMUNIZATION
RECORD CARD
With influenza vaccination season right around the corner, busy health
professionals need an easy way to educate their adult patients about adult
immunization. The Adult Immunization Record Card is an inexpensive
educational tool and a foolproof way to help patients keep track of their
vaccination status.
Developed by IAC in collaboration with CDC and several state health
departments, the card lists seven vaccines that all adults or certain adults
should receive. Health professionals can use the card during patient visits
to discuss a patient's vaccination status with them. At the end of the
visit, give the card to the patient and encourage them to refer to it to
find out when they're due for their next Td booster, a pneumococcal vaccine
dose, or other vaccination.
Since introducing Adult Immunization Record Cards in May 2002, IAC has
shipped more than 1.8 million cards to health care providers across the
United States. Health professionals nationwide have found the card
invaluable for educating patients that immunization is a lifelong process
and for giving patients the means to keep a lifetime record of their
immunization status.
Printed on smudge-proof, rip-proof, waterproof paper, the card comes
pre-folded to fit in a wallet. Its bright, canary-yellow color makes it easy
to spot among credit cards and other items.
To view a color image of IAC's Adult Immunization Record Card, go to:
http://www.immunize.org/adultizcards/adultizcard.pdf
The cost for one 250-count box is $30; two boxes (500 cards), $55; three
boxes (750 cards), $75; four boxes (1,000 cards), $90. Additional pricing
for larger quantities can be found on the online order form (see link
below). NOTE: THE FIRST ORDER OF A 250-CARD BOX COMES WITH A 30-DAY
MONEY-BACK GUARANTEE.
To order IAC's Adult Immunization Record Cards online (including online with
a purchase order), go to:
https://www.immunize.org/adultizcards
To print an order form to send with payment information by fax or mail, go
to:
http://www.immunize.org/adultizcards/izorder.pdf
If you have questions about IAC's Adult Immunization Record Card, call us at
(651) 647-9009, or email us at
admin@immunize.org (Use the same email address to receive a sample
of 5 cards.)
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July 19, 2004
UPDATED: NEWLY REVISED "SUMMARY OF ADULT IMMUNIZATION RECOMMENDATIONS" NOW
ONLINE
If you see adult patients in your practice or at your clinic, it's
imperative that you download and print IAC's newly revised "Summary of Adult
Immunization Recommendations." Updated in July 2004, IAC's adult summary now
reflects ACIP's latest recommendations for adult influenza immunization.
Immunization experts at CDC have reviewed the information in the summary for
technical accuracy.
In addition to presenting the latest recommendations on influenza
immunization, the adult summary distills hundreds of pages of ACIP
recommendations for adult immunization into a document that can be printed
on one double-sided sheet of 8-1/2" x 11" paper. Health professionals are
encouraged to print the summary on card stock and place one in every exam
room for handy reference.
To obtain the summary in ready-to-copy (PDF) format, go to:
http://www.immunize.org/catg.d/p2011b.pdf
To obtain it in web-text (HTML) format, go to:
http://www.immunize.org/catg.d/p2011b.htm
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July 19, 2004
NEW VIS TRANSLATIONS: INACTIVATED TRIVALENT INFLUENZA VACCINE VIS NOW
AVAILABLE IN TEN ADDITIONAL LANGUAGES
Dated 5/24/04, the current version of the VIS for inactivated trivalent
influenza vaccine (TIV) is now available on the IAC website in ten
additional languages: Cambodian, Chinese, French, Hmong, Ilokano, Korean,
Tagalog, Thai, Turkish, and Vietnamese.
IAC gratefully acknowledges the California Department of Health for the
Cambodian, Chinese, Hmong, Korean, Tagalog, and Vietnamese translations. We
extend our thanks to Dr. Aicha Ben Moussa and the American Embassy Medical
Unit, Tunis, Tunisia, for the French translation; to the Hawai'i State
Department of Health for the Ilokano translation; to Asian Pacific Health
Care Venture, Inc., Los Angeles, CA, for the Thai translation, and to
Mustafa Kozanoglu, MD, and Murat Serbest, MD, Adana, Turkey, for the Turkish
translation.
To obtain a ready-to-copy (PDF) version of the VIS for TIV in Cambodian, go
to: http://www.immunize.org/vis/ca_flu04.pdf
To obtain it in Chinese, go to:
http://www.immunize.org/vis/ch_flu04.pdf
To obtain it in French, go to:
http://www.immunize.org/vis/fr_flu04.pdf
To obtain it in Hmong, go to:
http://www.immunize.org/vis/hm_flu04.pdf
To obtain it in Ilokano, go to:
http://www.immunize.org/vis/il_flu04.pdf
To obtain it in Korean, go to:
http://www.immunize.org/vis/ko_flu04.pdf
To obtain it in Tagalog, go to:
http://www.immunize.org/vis/ta_flu04.pdf
To obtain it in Thai, go to:
http://www.immunize.org/vis/th_flu04.pdf
To obtain it in Turkish, go to:
http://www.immunize.org/vis/tu_flu04.pdf
To obtain it in Vietnamese, go to:
http://www.immunize.org/vis/vn_flu04.pdf
To obtain it in English, go to:
http://www.immunize.org/vis/2flu.pdf
For information about the use of VISs, and for VISs in a total of 31
languages, visit IAC's VIS web section at
http://www.immunize.org/vis
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July 19, 2004
CDC PUBLISHES HARD COPY OF JULY 9 ELECTRONIC ARTICLE ON FOURTH
RABIES DEATH LINKED TO ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION
CDC published "Update: Investigation of Rabies Infections in
Organ Donor and Transplant Recipients--Alabama, Arkansas,
Oklahoma, and Texas, 2004" in the July 16 issue of MMWR.
Originally published July 9 in the web-based "MMWR Dispatch,"
the article has not been available in hard-copy format until
now.
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To access a web-text (HTML) version of the complete article, go
to: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5327a5.htm To access a ready-to-copy (PDF) version of this issue of MMWR,
go to: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/wk/mm5327.pdf
To receive a FREE electronic subscription to MMWR (which
includes new ACIP statements), go to:
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/mmwrsubscribe.html
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July 19, 2004
"VACCINES: PREVENTING DISEASE AND PROTECTING HEALTH" EXAMINES
PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE VACCINE DEVELOPMENT
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) recently announced
the publication of "Vaccines: Preventing Disease and Protecting
Health." Dr. Ciro A. de Quadros is the book's technical editor.
Divided into eight parts, this comprehensive treatment of
vaccine technology covers the following:
- eradication of polio, measles, rubella, and yellow fever
- developments in vaccines for Haemophilus Infuenzae type B,
varicella, hepatitis A, meningococcal, and pneumococcal
- progress in developing vaccines against rotavirus, typhoid,
cholera, shigella, human papillomavirus, Helicobacter pylori, hepatitis C virus, influenza, and respiratory
syncytial virus
- the quest for vaccines for tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS, dengue,
malaria, and hookworm
- new concepts for vaccine development, adjuvants, and
delivery systems
- vaccines and bioterrorism
- regulatory and safety issues
- vaccines, prevention, and public health
The price of the 412-page book is $62 in the United States and
$46 in Latin America and the Caribbean; the order code is SP596. To order online and for additional content information,
click here.
To order by fax, send a fax to PAHO Sales and Distribution
Center at (301) 206-9789; the email address is
paho@pmds.com
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July 19, 2004
CDC CORRECTS TELEPHONE NUMBER PUBLISHED IN THE UPDATED
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR USE OF PNEUMOCOCCAL CONJUGATE VACCINE
CDC published "Erratum: Vol. 53, No. 26" in the July 16 issue of
MMWR. Please note that IAC EXPRESS readers received the
CORRECTED telephone number in the July 12 issue of IAC EXPRESS.
The erratum is reprinted below in its entirety.
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In the notice to readers, "Updated Recommendations for Use of
Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine: Reinstatement of the Third
Dose," an error occurred on page 590; an incorrect telephone
number was provided for the customer service department at Wyeth
Vaccines. The correct number is (800) 666-7248.
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To access a web-text (HTML) version of the erratum, go to:
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5327a6.htm
To access a ready-to-copy (PDF) version of this issue of MMWR,
go to: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/wk/mm5327.pdf |
