Issue
Number 479
September 13, 2004
CONTENTS OF THIS ISSUE
- CDC's 2004-05 "Flu Gallery" materials are a must for your diverse
patient population, as well as for you and your staff
- If you vaccinate adults, the "Adults Only Vaccination" kit is a
necessity--especially at influenza vaccination time
- ECBT/TFAH report presents recommendations for vaccinating the 20% of
U.S. preschoolers who remain undervaccinated
- Updated: IAC makes minor revisions to its professional-education sheet
on dosages for hepatitis A and B vaccines
- Current VIS for trivalent inactivated influenza vaccine now available
in Armenian
- CDC reports on progress made toward polio eradication in Egypt in
2003-04
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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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September 13, 2004
CDC'S 2004-05 "FLU GALLERY" MATERIALS ARE A MUST FOR YOUR DIVERSE PATIENT
POPULATION, AS WELL AS FOR YOU AND YOUR STAFF
CDC recently posted the majority of its influenza patient- and
professional-education materials on its 2004-05 "Flu Gallery" web section.
The range of patient materials has been greatly expanded for the upcoming
influenza vaccination season. Materials are now available for the following
audiences: parents, particularly those with children ages 6-23 months and
with high-risk children; Spanish speakers; people of all ages at risk for
influenza complications; pregnant women; and African-Americans and
Hispanic-Americans age 50 years and older.
The "Flu Gallery" offers something new for health care professionals, as
well: a poster and a logo (for use on print materials) that encourage health
professionals to be vaccinated to protect their patients and colleagues.
All materials are free and easy to download. Most are available in English
and Spanish and can be printed in color and/or black and white.
MATERIALS FOR PATIENTS
One brochure: "Influenza and Your Child: Information for Parents," prints
double sided; one side in English, one side in Spanish.
Six 8-1/2" x 11" flyers; all available in English and Spanish: (1) "Flu
Vaccine Facts & Myths," (2) "To Protect Yourself & Those You Love," (3) "Who
Should Get a Flu Vaccination?"(4) "Who Is at High Risk of Flu
Complications?" (black and white only), (5) Top 3 Reasons to Get Your Flu
Vaccine," and (6) "Will You Be Pregnant This Flu Season?" (black and white
only).
Eight posters; four available in both English and Spanish: (1) "Community
Immunity: 'Dominos'," (2) "Protect Your Kids from Influenza," (3) "Top 3
Reasons to Get Your Flu Vaccine," (4) "Will You Be Pregnant This Flu
Season?" (5) African-American Grandfather/Grandbaby (English only), (6)
African-American Male Doctor (English only), (7) Hispanic
Grandmother/Grandson (Spanish only), and (8) Hispanic Female Doctor (Spanish
only).
MATERIALS FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONALS
Two VISs: one for trivalent inactivated influenza vaccine (TIV) and one for
live attenuated intranasal influenza vaccine (LAIV); available in English
and Spanish [for VISs for TIV in additional languages, go to
http://www.immunize.org/vis]
Adult and pediatric dosage charts for TIV and LAIV (English only)
Additional materials include one button (English only), three stickers (two
English only), one three-sided stand-up table tent (English only), and three
logos for print materials or web sites (one English only). Some of these
materials are suitable for anyone who has received influenza vaccine, not
just health professionals.
To access "Flu Gallery" materials, go to:
http://www.cdc.gov/nip/flu/gallery.htm
If you need files of "Flu Gallery" materials for professional offset
printing, NIP can provide a CD-ROM with QuarkXPress 5.0 and 6.0 files. These
files are not intended for general office printing. There is no charge for
the CD; the limit is one CD per order. To access an online order form, go
to:
http://www.cdc.gov/nip/flu/fluorder.htm
For further information, send questions to
nipinfo@cdc.gov or consult the Help
with Flu Gallery materials web page at
http://www.cdc.gov/flu/professionals/flugallery/help.htm
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IF YOU VACCINATE ADULTS, THE "ADULTS ONLY VACCINATION" KIT IS A
NECESSITY--ESPECIALLY AT INFLUENZA VACCINATION TIME
Have you noticed that more and more adults are being encouraged to get
vaccinated? For example, ACIP now recommends that all pregnant women be
vaccinated against influenza; the federal government wants to see increased
immunization rates among at-risk minority populations; and some states
strongly encourage college freshmen to consider meningococcal vaccination.
This means that many adults are now being vaccinated at non-traditional
sites, such as family planning clinics, college health services, STD
clinics, pharmacies, and prisons. To assist health professionals who are new
to delivering vaccination, IAC has produced an indispensable
resource--"Adults Only Vaccination: A Step-by-Step Guide" (the AOV kit).
WHAT IS THE AOV KIT? The kit pares down immunization delivery to its
essential components and presents each component in manageable,
easy-to-master steps. The steps progress in logical order, starting with
setting up a vaccine service at your site and ending with billing for the
vaccination services you've delivered.
WHO NEEDS THE KIT? Designed to help integrate immunization services into
sites new to vaccination, the AOV kit is equally valuable for settings
experienced in vaccine delivery. Why? Because it puts ALL the information
you need to vaccinate adults right at your fingertips. If you currently find
any aspect of adult vaccination confusing, the kit will clarify the issue or
give you resources for getting clarification. IF YOU VACCINATE ADULTS, YOU
CAN'T AFFORD TO BE WITHOUT THE KIT.
WHAT'S IN THE KIT? The heart of the kit is the guide, which presents 157
pages of comprehensive, authoritative, CDC-reviewed information on EVERY
aspect of adult immunization. Organized into seven logically presented
steps, the guide is designed to be useful and stay current for years. It has
more than 45 patient and provider-education materials that will never go out
of date because each is linked to the latest version on IAC's website.
Plus, the guide is tabbed for easy reference, spiral bound to lie flat, and
plastic coated for durability. And, it has wide margins for jotting down
your perceptions of what works in your setting and what doesn't, ideas for
improving certain aspects of vaccine delivery, and practical information
such as useful contact names, telephone numbers, and web and email
addresses. This allows you to customize your guide to suit your clinic or
practice's unique needs.
In addition to the guide, the kit contains the following:
- Two "how-to" instructional
videos--"Immunization Techniques: Safe, Effective, Caring" and "How to
Protect Your Vaccine Supply"
- Standing orders protocols for
administering eight vaccines commonly given to adults; these are
indispensable for increasing your clinic or practice's adult immunization
rates
- Vital information for responding to
vaccine-related medical emergencies, such as anaphylaxis, or to power
outages
- A pack of 25 adult immunization record
cards
WHO SUPPORTS THE KIT? Immunization experts
from NIP/CDC reviewed the kit. In addition, the following government
agencies signed the guide's introductory letter: US Department of Health and
Human Services (Women's Health); several divisions within CDC: the Division
of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Division of Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Prevention, and Division of Viral Hepatitis. The following professional
organizations also signed the letter: the American College Health
Association, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, American
Medical Association, National Medical Association, and Planned Parenthood
Federation of America.
WHAT'S THE PRICE? The kit costs $75. Special discount pricing is available
for orders of 10 or more (see the link below).
CAN I GET MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE KIT? You can get complete
information--including a look at the guide's many worksheets, checklists,
protocols, and educational materials--by visiting IAC's website at
http://www.immunize.org/guide
HOW CAN I ORDER THE KIT? You can order online or by fax or mail,
using a credit card, purchase order, or check. To order, go to:
http://www.immunize.org/guide Click on the
appropriate link.
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ECBT/TFAH REPORT PRESENTS RECOMMENDATIONS FOR VACCINATING THE
20% OF U.S. PRESCHOOLERS WHO REMAIN UNDERVACCINATED
In August, two organizations, Every Child by Two (ECBT) and the
Trust for America's Health (TFAH), issued a 28-page report,
"Closing the Vaccination Gap: A Shot in the Arm for Childhood
Immunization Programs." The report's executive summary cites the
statistic that an estimated 20% of preschool children in the
United States do not receive all routine vaccinations and states
that "leaving a single child unprotected is one too many."
Divided into four broad sections, the report discusses the
following: (1) the importance of childhood immunizations,
(2) immunization rates, (3) factors contributing to the gap in
preschool vaccination rates, and (4) recommended improvements to
U.S. vaccination policy.
To access the 8-page executive summary, go to:
http://www.ecbt.org/execsum.pdf
To access the complete 28-page report, go to:
http://www.ecbt.org/TFAH%20ImmunizationRpt.pdf
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UPDATED: IAC MAKES MINOR REVISIONS TO ITS PROFESSIONAL-EDUCATION
SHEET ON DOSAGES FOR HEPATITIS A AND B VACCINES
IAC recently revised its professional-education sheet "Hepatitis
A & B: Be sure your patient gets the correct dose!" The sheet
lists various brands of hepatitis A vaccine, hepatitis B
vaccine, and combination vaccines that contain either vaccine or
both. It outlines the recommended dosages and dosing schedules
for children, adolescents, and adults. The primary change was to
extend the range of the second adult dose of Merck & Co.'s Vaqta
hepatitis A vaccine from 6-12 months to 6-18 months.
To access a ready-to-copy (PDF) version of the revised sheet, go
to: http://www.immunize.org/catg.d/2081ab.pdf
To access a web-text (HTML) version of it, go to:
http://www.immunize.org/catg.d/2081ab.htm
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September 13, 2004
CURRENT VIS FOR TRIVALENT INACTIVATED INFLUENZA VACCINE NOW
AVAILABLE IN ARMENIAN
Dated 5/24/04, the current version of the trivalent inactivated
influenza vaccine (TIV) VIS is now available on the IAC website
in Armenian. IAC gratefully acknowledges the Los Angeles County
Health Department for the translation. To obtain a ready-to-copy (PDF) version of the TIV VIS in
Armenian, go to: http://www.immunize.org/vis/ar_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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CDC REPORTS ON PROGRESS MADE TOWARD POLIO ERADICATION IN EGYPT
IN 2003-04
CDC published "Progress Toward Poliomyelitis Eradication, Egypt,
2003-2004" in the September 10 issue of MMWR. A portion of a
summary made available to the press is reprinted below.
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Polio remains endemic in only six countries globally, of which
Egypt is one. Egypt has made substantial progress towards polio
eradication; only one of three types of wild poliovirus, type 1,
has been detected in Egypt since December 2000. Ongoing
improvements in the quality and increased frequency of
supplemental immunization activities have reduced transmission
of wild poliovirus type 1 during 2003 and 2004, with cases
decreasing from 7 in 2002 to one in 2003, and one in 2004 (data
as of June 2004). Data suggest that Egypt is closer than ever to
interrupting transmission of wild poliovirus. However, very high
OPV [oral polio vaccine] coverage must be sustained and the
strong commitment and support of the Egyptian government and its
partners maintained to definitively achieve the eradication
goal.
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To access a web-text (HTML) version of the complete article, go
to: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5335a5.htm
To access a ready-to-copy (PDF) version of this issue of MMWR,
go to: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/wk/mm5335.pdf
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