Issue
Number 545
August 15, 2005
CONTENTS OF THIS ISSUE
- New: CDC issues comprehensive interim guideline for
planning for an influenza vaccine shortage during the 2005-06 season
- Looking for sources of presentation material? Online
PowerPoint slides put valuable information at your fingertips
- August issue of CDC's Immunization Works electronic
newsletter now available on the NIP website
- August 12 issue of IAC's Hep Express electronic
newsletter now available online
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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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August 15, 2005
NEW: CDC ISSUES COMPREHENSIVE INTERIM GUIDELINE FOR PLANNING FOR AN
INFLUENZA VACCINE SHORTAGE DURING THE 2005-06 SEASON
CDC recently posted "Interim Guideline: Planning for a Possible U.S.
Influenza Vaccine Shortage, 2005-06" to its influenza web section. The
document is intended to aid state and local public health and immunization
programs plan for and deal with an influenza vaccine shortage, if one occurs
during the 2005-06 influenza season.
The bulk of the guideline is a compendium of planning practices and
activities that proved necessary and effective at state and local levels
during the 2004-05 influenza vaccine shortage.
To access a ready-to-print (PDF) version of the 15-page guideline, go to:
http://www.cdc.gov/flu/professionals/vaccination/pdf/vaccshortguide.pdf
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LOOKING FOR SOURCES OF PRESENTATION MATERIAL? ONLINE POWERPOINT SLIDES PUT
VALUABLE INFORMATION AT YOUR FINGERTIPS
As part of National Immunization Awareness Month, NIP Acting Director
Stephen L. Cochi, MD, MPH, recently addressed the National Press Club. In
his presentation, he summarized the results of CDC's 2005 National
Immunization Survey, demonstrating our nation's success in achieving its
highest vaccination coverage levels to date. His presentation covered a wide
range of other vaccine issues, including morbidity statistics for each
vaccine-preventable disease past and present, vaccines in development, and
challenges facing our nation's immunization program.
PowerPoint slides from Dr. Cochi's address are now available on IAC's
website. Health professionals will find them useful when creating their own
immunization presentations. To access them, go to:
http://www.immunize.org/presentations/SNIS_Cochi_7-2005.ppt
To assist health professionals in developing presentations, IAC has
collected and posted a number of them on a web page titled "PowerPoint
Presentations on Immunization Issues and Vaccine-Preventable Diseases." To
access the web page, go to:
http://www.immunize.org/presentations
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AUGUST ISSUE OF CDC'S IMMUNIZATION WORKS ELECTRONIC NEWSLETTER NOW AVAILABLE
ON THE NIP WEBSITE
The August issue of Immunization Works, a monthly email newsletter published
by CDC, is available on NIP's website. The newsletter offers members of the
immunization community non-proprietary information about current topics. CDC
encourages its wide dissemination.
Much of the information in the August issue has already appeared in previous
issues of IAC Express. Following is the text of one article we have not
covered.
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OTHER IMMUNIZATION NEWS
TYPHIM VI VACCINE NOW AVAILABLE: Sanofi pasteur MSD, manufacturer of the
injectable typhoid vaccine (Typhim Vi), announced that the vaccine is now
available in single-dose Luer-Lok pre-filled syringes. The 20-dose vials are
expected to be available in late July or early August. A temporary shortage
of the vaccine, which began in February 2005, was attributed to unexpected
demand. For more information about travel vaccines, please visit
http://www.cdc.gov/travel
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To access the complete August issue from the NIP website, go to:
http://www.cdc.gov/nip/news/newsltrs/imwrks/2005/200508.htm
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August 15, 2005
AUGUST 12 ISSUE OF IAC'S HEP EXPRESS ELECTRONIC NEWSLETTER NOW AVAILABLE
ONLINE
The August 12 issue of Hep Express, an electronic newsletter published by
IAC, is now available online. It is intended for health and social service
professionals involved in the prevention and treatment of viral hepatitis.
IAC Express has already covered some of the information presented in the
August 12 Hep Express; titles of articles we have not yet covered follow.
- CDC's National Viral Hepatitis Information
Center now offers online ordering
- Guidelines for hepatitis C management
available online
- WHO introduces a website on the safe
management of healthcare waste
- National Gay Men's Health Summit to be
held October 19-23 in Salt Lake City
- AASLD meeting to take place November 11-15
in San Francisco
To access the August 12 issue, go to:
http://www.hepprograms.org/hepexpress/issue33.asp
To sign up for a free subscription to Hep Express, go to:
http://www.hepprograms.org/hepexpress/signup.asp
To access previous issues of Hep Express, go to:
http://www.hepprograms.org/hepexpress |
