IAC Express 2007 |
Issue number 666: May 29, 2007 |
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Contents
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- New: IAC
website redesign underway, new web sections added
- IAC
updates four of its immunization-education pieces
- CDC adds
guidance for planning a large-scale influenza vaccination clinic to its
influenza web section
- OSHA
releases pandemic influenza guidance for healthcare personnel
- WHO's
World Health Assembly reaches agreement on sharing influenza viruses and
access to influenza vaccines
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AAFP, American Academy of Family Physicians; AAP,
American Academy of Pediatrics; ACIP, Advisory Committee on Immunization
Practices; AMA, American Medical Association; CDC, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention; FDA, Food and Drug Administration; IAC, Immunization
Action Coalition; MMWR, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report; NCIRD,
National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases; NIVS, National
Influenza Vaccine Summit; VIS, Vaccine Information Statement; VPD,
vaccine-preventable disease; WHO, World Health Organization. |
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Issue 666: May 29, 2007 |
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New: IAC website redesign underway, new web sections added
Website redesign is in the works at
www.immunize.org! The changes are geared to make it easy for visitors to
explore the breadth of information on our website. You'll find three of the
newly designed web pages really valuable. You can find them easily at the
center top of our home page at
http://www.immunize.org For details and to access them directly, read on:
The newest, "Vaccines and Vaccine-Preventable Diseases in the News," lists
URLs for news articles, features, opinion pieces, and editorials published in
the news media about vaccines and vaccine-preventable diseases. Here's the
link:
http://www.immunize.org/vaccinenews
"What's New at IAC" is a chronological list of new and revised IAC materials.
Here's the link:
http://www.immunize.org/new
Check out the "New Releases" web page for just-published VISs from CDC,
recommendations from ACIP, vaccine policy statements from AAP, and clinically
relevant press releases. Here's the link:
http://www.immunize.org/newreleases
Just below the blue banner at the top of IAC's home page, you'll find links
to current and archived issues of "Needle Tips," "Vaccinate Adults,"
"Vaccinate Women," IAC Express, and Hep Express, as well as to Unprotected
People Reports, print materials, resources, VISs, photos, videos, and more.
Other freshly designed IAC web sections include those for VISs, Unprotected
People, and "Shop IAC"--all have been spotlighted in recent issues of IAC
Express. Here are the direct links:
VISs: For VISs in more than 30 languages, go to:
http://www.immunize.org/vis
Unprotected People: For case histories, articles, and editorials about people
who have suffered or died from VPDs, go to:
http://www.immunize.org/reports
"Shop IAC": For easy one-stop shopping for IAC's products available for
purchase, go to:
http://www.immunize.org/shop
Subscribe: If you haven't already subscribed to receive IAC's print
publications "Needle Tips," "Vaccinate Adults," and "Vaccinate Women," go to:
http://www.immunize.org/subscribe
"Needle Tips": For current and archived issues, go to:
http://www.immunize.org/nt
"Vaccinate Adults": For current and archived issues, go to:
http://www.immunize.org/va
"Vaccinate Women": For current and archived issues, go to:
http://www.immunize.org/vw
IAC Express: For the complete archives, go to:
http://www.immunize.org/express
Hep Express: For the complete archives, go to:
http://www.hepprograms.org/hepexpress
"About Us": For a listing of who's who among IAC's staff, advisory board, and
board of directors, go to:
http://www.immunize.org/aboutus
Going forward, more and more IAC web sections will be integrated into the new
design, with the culmination of the web redesign featuring a brand new look
for the home page, so check back often to monitor the changes taking place at
www.immunize.org
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IAC updates four of its
immunization-education pieces
IAC recently updated four immunization-education
pieces. Details and links follow.
A question concerning long-term health problems was added to "Screening
Questionnaire for Adult Immunization."
To access a ready-to-print (PDF) version of it, go to:
http://www.immunize.org/catg.d/p4065scr.pdf
Updates were made to "Vaccinations for Adults: You're never too old to get
immunized!"
To access a ready-to-print (PDF) version of it, go to:
http://www.immunize.org/catg.d/p4030a.pdf
"Administering Vaccines to Adults: Dose, route, site, needle size, and
preparation," was revised to change the dosage information for live,
attenuated influenza vaccine (LAIV; nasal spray) to 0.2 mL (0.1 mL into each
nostril); previously it was 0.5 mL (0.25 mL into each nostril).
To access a ready-to-print (PDF) version of it, go to:
http://www.immunize.org/catg.d/p3084.pdf
"Unusual Cases of Hepatitis B Virus Transmission" was updated to add six new
cases.
To access a ready-to-print (PDF) version of it, go to:
http://www.immunize.org/catg.d/p2100nrs.pdf
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CDC adds guidance for planning a
large-scale influenza vaccination clinic to its influenza web section
CDC recently added two guidelines to its
Influenza web section:
- "Guidelines for Large-Scale Influenza
Vaccination Clinic Planning"
- "Guidelines for Large-Scale Influenza
Vaccination Clinic Planning," including a supplement of provisional
recommendations for the tiered use of inactivated influenza vaccine to be
used only in the event of a vaccine shortage.
To access these resources, go to:
http://www.cdc.gov/flu/whatsnew.htm and click on the pertinent link.
To access a broad range of continually updated information on seasonal
influenza, avian influenza, pandemic influenza, and swine influenza, go to:
http://www.cdc.gov/flu
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OSHA releases pandemic influenza
guidance for healthcare personnel
On May 21, the Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA) issued a press release announcing new safety and health
guidelines for healthcare personnel in the event of an influenza pandemic.
Portions of the press release are reprinted below.
The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA) has unveiled new safety and health
guidance that will help healthcare workers and their employers
prepare for a possible influenza pandemic. Pandemic Influenza
Preparedness and Response Guidance for Healthcare Workers and
Healthcare Employers (available at
http://www.osha.gov/Publications/OSHA_pandemic_health.pdf) was
released today by the agency. . . .
A comprehensive resource for healthcare planners and
practitioners, the new guidance offers information and tools to
assist the industry in preparing for and responding to an
influenza pandemic. It includes technical information on
infection control and industrial hygiene practices to reduce the
risk of infection in healthcare settings; workplace preparations
and planning issues; and OSHA standards that have special
importance to pandemic preparedness planners and responders in
the industry. . . .
To access the complete press release, click
here.
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WHO's World Health Assembly reaches agreement on sharing
influenza viruses and access to influenza vaccines
On May 23, WHO issued a press release regarding
an agreement
that was reached by the World Health Assembly (WHA) at its May
14-23 meeting. WHA is WHO's supreme decision-making body.
Portions of the press release are reprinted below.
Also on May 23, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
(HHS) released a statement on the topic made by Mike Leavitt,
the HHS secretary; and the U.S. Mission to the United Nations in
Geneva issued a press release related to the WHA agreement.
Links to both documents appear at the end of this IAC Express
article.
Member States agreed [on] a resolution [that] will help all
countries better prepare for the global public health threat
[that] an influenza pandemic presents. The resolution, "Sharing
of influenza viruses and access to vaccines and other benefits,"
restates the general principles of the necessity of sharing both
in the preparations for an influenza pandemic and the benefits
that will flow from improved international cooperation and
preparation, such as greater quantities of and equitable access
to H5N1 and pandemic vaccines.
In her closing remarks, [WHO] Director-General Dr. Margaret Chan
told the delegates, "All countries need to be aware of their
obligations under the revised International Health Regulations
[IHR]. When collective security is at stake, public opinion can
carry great weight. After very considerable discussion, you have
adopted a resolution on the sharing of influenza viruses and
access to pandemic vaccines and other benefits. I want to
underscore the importance of this decision. My responsibilities
in implementing the IHR depend on this sharing. . . ."
To access the complete WHO press release, go to:
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2007/wha02/en
To access the statement by HHS Secretary Leavitt, go to:
http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2007pres/05/pr20070523a.html
To access the press release from the U.S. Mission to the United
Nations in Geneva, go to:
http://geneva.usmission.gov/Press2007/0523WHAbirdflu.html
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