Issue Number 68
April 9, 1999
CONTENTS OF THIS ISSUE
- Spring/summer issue of "VACCINATE
ADULTS!" is available on the web and is being mailed this week
- What's in the latest issue of
"VACCINATE ADULTS!?"
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April 5, 1999
SPRING/SUMMER ISSUE OF "VACCINATE ADULTS!" IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AND IS BEING
MAILED THIS WEEK
The spring/summer 1999 issue of "VACCINATE ADULTS!" is now
available on the web (12 pages) and hard copies are in the mail.
"VACCINATE ADULTS!" is an immunization and hepatitis B
publication for adult medicine specialists. It is an abbreviated version of "NEEDLE
TIPS & the Hepatitis B Coalition News." If you receive "NEEDLE TIPS"
you don't need "VACCINATE ADULTS!" because everything contained in
"VACCINATE ADULTS!" is also found in "NEEDLE TIPS."
To download a camera-ready copy of "VACCINATE ADULTS!" click
here: http://www.immunize.org/va/va4.pdf
WARNING: This is a large file and some printers are unable to print a file this size. For
some helpful tips on downloading and printing PDF files, click here: http://www.immunize.org/nslt.d/tips.htm
If you cannot or do not wish to download the entire issue of "VACCINATE ADULTS!"
you can view and/or download only the articles you wish to read. See the item below.
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April 8, 1999
WHAT'S IN THE LATEST ISSUE OF "VACCINATE ADULTS!?"
The spring/summer 1999 issue of "VACCINATE ADULTS!" contains lots of new
and practical information. Don't forget that all of our materials are camera ready,
copyright free, and reviewed for technical accuracy by the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention. You can click on any of the following items to view and/or download them:
1. "Ask the Experts": CDC immunization expert, Dr. William Atkinson, answers
immunization questions and CDC hepatitis experts, Linda Moyer, RN, and Harold Margolis,
MD, answer hepatitis A and B questions.
For camera-ready format, click here:
http://www.immunize.org/va/va4exprt.pdf
(97,761 bytes)
For web text format, click here:
http://www.immunize.org/va/va4exprt.htm
2. "Surgeon General's Warning: 45,000 Adults Die Each Year in the U.S. from
Influenza, Pneumococcal, and Hepatitis B Disease" by David Satcher, MD, PhD
For camera-ready format, click here:
http://www.immunize.org/va/va4surg.pdf
(30,804 bytes)
For web text format, click here:
http://www.immunize.org/va/va4surg.htm
3. "Letters to the Editor. . ." A letter from U.S. Congressman Joe Moakley, who
contracted hepatitis B virus infection and received a successful liver transplant, urges
everyone to check with their providers about immunization against hepatitis B. A second
letter from William Schaffner, MD, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, urges all
health care workers to be immunized against influenza every year.
For camera-ready format, click here:
http://www.immunize.org/va/va4lett.pdf
(22,026 bytes)
For web text format, click here:
http://www.immunize.org/va/va4lett.htm
4. "Vaccine Highlights: Latest recommendations and schedules"
For camera-ready format, click here:
http://www.immunize.org/va/va4vacc.pdf
(28,129 bytes)
For web text format, click here:
http://www.immunize.org/va/va4vacc.htm
5. "Unprotected people: Two deaths in a nursing home ignite a pneumococcal vaccine
campaign"
For camera-ready format, click here:
http://www.immunize.org/va/va4unpro.pdf
(23,462 bytes)
For web text format, click here:
http://www.immunize.org/va/va4unpro.htm
6. "If you have sex, read this. . . And stop a killer STD from sneaking up on
you" by Linda Liu (reprinted from Mademoiselle Magazine, February 1999) encourages
young women to get vaccinated against hepatitis B.
For camera-ready format, click here:
http://www.immunize.org/catg.d/4113sex.pdf
(25,358 bytes)
For web text format, click here:
http://www.immunize.org/catg.d/4113sex.htm
7. "Sign up for IAC EXPRESS" and get vaccine information delivered directly to
your e-mail box!
For a web link, click here: http://www.immunize.org/genr.d/ntn.htm
8. "Coalition Catalog: Adult immunization resources and order form": The
Coalition has videos, brochures, and more you can order for your staff and your patients.
You can order one and make as many copies as you'd like!
For camera-ready format, click here:
http://www.immunize.org/va/va4catlg.pdf
(34,495 bytes)
For web text format, click here:
http://www.immunize.org/va/va4catlg.htm
9. "Join the Coalition!" With a contribution of $40 or more, we'll send you a
packet of our adult-focused patient and health professional educational print materials
and two vaccination videos ("Vaccine Administration Techniques" and "How to
Protect Your Vaccine Supply").
For camera-ready format, click here:
http://www.immunize.org/va/va4back.pdf
(41,402 bytes)
For web text format, click here
http://www.immunize.org/va/va4back.htm
to find out how to join. |
