Issue Number 75
May 13, 1999
CONTENTS OF THIS ISSUE
- Fifth edition of "Epidemiology
and Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases" now available
- Download CDC's adolescent hepatitis B
slide series from the Internet
- Here's the simplest way to order
immunization resources from CDC!
- Translated VISs available on Minnesota
Department of Health website
- Calling out around the world! Do you
have great immunization resources to share?
- Make the operating room a safer place
for patients and providers
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May 13, 1999
FIFTH EDITION OF "EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PREVENTION OF VACCINE-PREVENTABLE DISEASES"
NOW AVAILABLE
The 5th edition of CDC's "Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable
Diseases" (also known as the "Pink Book") has just been released.
The "Pink Book" is CDC's definitive resource book on vaccines. It condenses a
large amount of disease and vaccine information into an easily readable form so that it
can be used as a quick reference in busy clinics and offices. It is also used as the
textbook to support the National Immunization Program's training courses on epidemiology
and prevention of vaccine-preventable diseases via satellite. (We'll let you know when the
next satellite course is coming your way!)
The "Pink Book" costs $25 and can be ordered in several ways: Mail:
Send your order with check, money order, purchase order, or credit card information to:
Public Health Foundation, Publication Sales, P.O. Box 753, Waldorf, Maryland 20604 Phone:
Telephone orders accepted with a Visa or MasterCard. Call toll free to 877-252-1200 or
800-41-TRAIN between 9:00 am -5:00 pm ET. For international orders, call 301-645-7773. Fax:
Fax purchase orders and credit card orders to 301-843-0159 E-mail: Send
an e-mail order with payment information to phf@tasco1.com
If you are not familiar with this book, chapters from the 4th edition can be accessed by
clicking on http://www.cdc.gov/nip/publications/pink/default.htm
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May 13, 1999
DOWNLOAD CDC'S ADOLESCENT HEPATITIS B SLIDE SERIES FROM THE INTERNET
A CDC slide series entitled "Adolescent Hepatitis B Vaccine: Epidemiology Slide
Set" is available on the Internet. This set of 25 slides can be viewed by going to http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/hepatitis/resource
and then choosing either the "Internet Browser" or "Native Format"
option under the "Adolescent Hepatitis B Vaccine: Epidemiology Slide Set"
category.
Use the Internet browser to view the series of slides on your computer or to make print
copies. Use the 'native format' option to download the pages to a disk as a "Corel
Presentations" file if you wish to eventually use them as actual slides for
presentation.
CAN'T DOWNLOAD THE SLIDES? Downloading the slides can be a difficult or impossible project
for many computers. But don't be dismayed! These slides are part of a FREE resource packet
available from CDC. The resource is entitled "Immunization of Adolescents with
Hepatitis B Vaccine: An Educational Resource."
Public and private sector health professionals who are interested in developing their own
educational programs to promote adolescent hepatitis B vaccination can get this free
educational resource, which includes the slides that are on the website plus an
accompanying resource guide, by requesting it from the National Immunization Program of
CDC.
The best way to order "Immunization of Adolescents with Hepatitis B Vaccine: An
Educational Resource" is to use the CDC/NIP Resource Request List. If you don't have
a copy of this list, read the next story for information on how to get it!
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May 13, 1999
HERE'S THE SIMPLEST WAY TO ORDER IMMUNIZATION RESOURCES FROM CDC!
Once you get your hands on the CDC/NIP Resource Request List you will have the order form
you need to order "Immunization of Adolescents with Hepatitis B Vaccine: An
Educational Resource" and all the other immunization resources, e.g., ACIP
statements, Vaccine Information Statements (VISs), posters, videos, brochures, published
and distributed by the National Immunization Program of CDC. The simplest way to order
immunization resources from CDC is to use this list.
Ready? Go to the NIP website at
https://www2.cdc.gov/nchstp_od/PIWeb/niporderform.asp
and download the CDC/NIP Resource Request List. Information on how to order is at the
beginning of the list. You can also obtain the Resource Request List by fax. Just call the
CDC fax back system, 888-CDC-FAXX (888-232-3299), and request document #130011, then enter
your fax number and the Resource Request List will be faxed to you.
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May 12, 1999
TRANSLATED VISs AVAILABLE FROM THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Many of the current versions of the Vaccine Information Statements (VISs) are available in
translation on the Minnesota Department of Health website.
You can download camera-ready copies in "pdf" format in Cambodian, Hmong,
Laotian, Russian, Somali, Spanish, and Vietnamese, as well as English (please note: not
every VIS is available in each of these languages, but additional translations are being
completed).
To access this valuable resource, click on http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/dpc/adps/translte.htm
and choose the language(s) of interest.
Remember, you must give your patients the most current VISs so if you need a refresher
course on VISs, the IAC website can help you! Click here: http://www.immunize.org/vis/instr99.htm
to view and/or print CDC's instruction sheet on the use of VISs. Camera-ready copies of
the most current VISs are also available at the IAC website.
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May 13, 1999
CALLING OUT AROUND THE WORLD! DO YOU HAVE GREAT IMMUNIZATION RESOURCES TO SHARE?
The Bill and Melinda Gates Children's Vaccine Program (CVP) is creating a collection of
the best immunization education and training materials in the world. Your materials could
be part of the collection!
Materials being sought include those designed to convince parents to immunize their
children, convince policymakers to support immunization programs, alert the public to the
dangers of unsafe injections, train health care workers in any aspect of immunization,
educate audiences in the industrialized world about the importance of global immunization,
or educate people about hepatitis B, Hib, pneumococcus, rotavirus, diarrheal disease,
pneumonia, or meningitis.
If you think that any of your materials -- brochures, flyers, stickers, posters, booklets,
training manuals and curricula, cassettes, videos, and interactive software -- belong in
the Gates CVP collection, let them know by e-mailing: info@childrensvaccine.org or send
them directly to Lin Evanko at the Bill and Melinda Gates Children's Vaccine Program,
PATH, 4 Nickerson Street, Seattle, Washington 98109-1699, U.S.A.
Be sure to check out CVP's website at http://www.path.org/childvac/index.htm
which has been expanded to include immunization article from experts around the
world, links to other resources, and more. Lots more!
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May 13, 1999
MAKE THE OPERATING ROOM A SAFER PLACE FOR PATIENTS AND PROVIDERS
A new manual, "Advanced Precautions for Today's O.R.," addresses the very real
fears faced by health care workers today: infection with a bloodborne disease via an
accidental needle stick or other sharps injury. Author Mark Davis, MD, began researching
approaches for increasing safety in the O.R. after suffering a sharps injury during
surgery. The book identifies effective and easy ways to dramatically increase safety for
surgical patients and operating room personnel. The author also addresses issues of
inertia, denial, and cost containment within institutions.
"Advanced Precautions for Today's O.R.: The Operating Room Professional's Handbook
for the Prevention of Sharps Injuries and Bloodborne Exposures" can be purchased in
bookstores, by calling 404-261-4595, or by sending $14.95 (plus $3.50 shipping) to
Sweinbinder Publications LLC, PO Box 11988, Atlanta, GA 30355. |
