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IAC Express 2010 |
| Issue number 851: February 15, 2010 |
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Contents
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- New!
February 2010 issue of Vaccinate Adults is now online
- Reminder:
February 2010 issue of Needle Tips now available online
- IAC's
popular laminated versions of the 2010 U.S. child/teen and adult
immunization schedules are now available. Order a supply for your
workplace today!
- IAC
updates four print resources for providers and patients, including
standing orders and the "Reliable Resources" patient handout
- A new
Unprotected People Report is a mother's account of rotavirus infection in
her two youngest children
- Earn CME
credit for watching the Discovery Health Channel's 4-part "Vaccine Update"
video series
- MMWR
publishes an update on an ongoing mumps outbreak in New York and New
Jersey
- MMWR
publishes a report on transmission of yellow fever vaccine virus through
breast-feeding in Brazil in 2009
- MMWR
publishes report on progress in U.S. immunization information systems in
2008
- March 19
is the nomination deadline for the 2010 Natalie J. Smith, MD, Award
- PKIDS
offers February 18 webinar about using Twitter to communicate immunization
information
- Immunize
Nebraska conference scheduled for June 11 in Omaha; early-bird
registration deadline is May 28
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| Abbreviations |
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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 851: February 15, 2010 |
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New! February 2010 issue of Vaccinate Adults is now online
The February 2010 issue of Vaccinate Adults has
just been
placed online at http://www.immunize.org/va This issue
focuses on the newly published 2010 U.S. immunization
schedule for adults and on recently released provisional
ACIP recommendations.
Here are some of the features included in the issue:
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Ask the Experts
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Vaccine Highlights
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Recommended Adult Immunization Schedule--United States,
2010
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Guide to Contraindications and Precautions to Commonly
Used Vaccines in Adults
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Do I need any vaccinations today?
On the Vaccinate Adults web page, you will find a link for
displaying and printing the entire 12-page PDF of this
issue. There is also a table of contents for viewing and
printing individual sections.
To access the Vaccinate Adults web page, go to:
http://www.immunize.org/va
If you would like to download the entire issue right now,
click here:
http://www.immunize.org/va/va26.pdf
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Reminder: February 2010 issue of Needle Tips now available online
The February 2010 issue of Needle Tips is now
available
online for viewing, downloading, and printing. This issue
focuses on the two newly published 2010 U.S. immunization
schedules, one for children/teens and one for adults, and on
recently released provisional ACIP recommendations.
Complete information about this issue of Needle Tips is
available at http://www.immunize.org/nt There you will find
a link for displaying and printing the entire 16-page PDF of
this issue, along with a table of contents for viewing and
printing individual sections of Needle Tips.
If you would like to download the entire issue right now, go
to:
http://www.immunize.org/nslt.d/n43/n43.pdf
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IAC's popular laminated versions of the 2010 U.S. child/teen and adult
immunization schedules are now available. Order a supply for your workplace
today!
IAC's laminated versions of the 2010 U.S.
child/teen and
adult immunization schedules are covered with a tough,
washable coating that lets them stand up to a year's worth
of use in every area of your workplace where immunizations
are given. Each has six pages (i.e., three double-sided
pages) and is folded to measure 8.5" by 11".
Laminated schedules are printed in color for easy reading,
come complete with essential tables and footnotes, and
include contraindications and precautions--a feature that
will help you make an on-the-spot determination about the
safety of vaccinating patients of any age.
IAC has been able to purchase the same quality of laminated
schedules as in previous years but at a lower price, so
we're passing the savings on to you.
PRICING
1-4 copies: $7.50 each
5-19 copies: $5.50 each
20-99 copies: $4.50 each
Visit the following web pages for specific information, to
view images, or to order online or download an order form:
Child and Adolescent Laminated Immunization Schedules (0-18
years)
http://www.immunize.org/shop/schedule_child.asp
Adult Laminated Immunization Schedules
http://www.immunize.org/shop/schedule_adult.asp
For quotes on customizing or placing orders in excess of 999
schedules, call (651) 647-9009 or email
admininfo@immunize.org
To learn about other essential immunization resources
available for purchase from IAC, go to:
http://www.immunize.org/shop
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IAC updates four print resources for providers and patients, including
standing orders and the "Reliable Resources" patient handout
IAC revised the following four print resources.
(1) The vaccination protocol "Standing Orders for Administering Human
Papillomavirus Vaccine to Children and Teens" was updated to include
information on the newly licensed bivalent human papillomavirus (HPV2)
vaccine and on the permissive use of quadrivalent human papillomavirus (HPV4)
vaccine in boys.
To access the revised ready-to-print (PDF) print piece "Standing Orders for
Administering Human Papillomavirus Vaccine to Children and Teens," go to:
http://www.immunize.org/catg.d/p3090.pdf
(2) The vaccination protocol "Standing Orders for Administering Human
Papillomavirus Vaccine to Adults" was updated to include information on the
newly licensed bivalent human papillomavirus (HPV2) vaccine and on the
permissive use of quadrivalent human papillomavirus (HPV4) vaccine in men.
To access the revised ready-to-print (PDF) print piece "Standing Orders for
Administering Human Papillomavirus Vaccine to Adults," go to:
http://www.immunize.org/catg.d/p3091.pdf
NOTE: To access a table with links to all IAC's standing orders protocols for
vaccine administration and medical management of vaccine reactions, as well
as standing orders for newborn-nursery hepatitis B vaccination, go to:
http://www.immunize.org/standingorders
(3) "Reliable Sources of Immunization Information: Where to go to find
answers!" is a compilation of user-friendly, science-based immunization
resources for parents. The revision involved adding a new resource, providing
information on new editions of existing resources, and updating URLs.
To access the revised ready-to-print (PDF) print piece "Reliable Sources of
Immunization Information: Where to go to find answers!" go to:
http://www.immunize.org/catg.d/p4012.pdf
(4) A form letter titled "Notification of Vaccination Letter" gives
immunization providers an easy way to notify a patient's primary care
provider that the patient has received one or more vaccinations. This piece
was updated to add a listing for the newly licensed bivalent human
papillomavirus (HPV2) vaccine.
To access the revised ready-to-print (PDF) print piece "Notification of
Vaccination Letter," go to:
http://www.immunize.org/catg.d/p3060.pdf
IAC's Print Materials web section offers healthcare professionals and the
public approximately 250 FREE English-language materials (many also available
in translation), which we encourage website users to print out, copy, and
distribute widely. To access all of IAC's free print materials, go to:
http://www.immunize.org/printmaterials
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A
new Unprotected People Report is a mother's account of rotavirus infection in
her two youngest children
For years, IAC has published Unprotected People
Reports
about people who have suffered or died from vaccine-preventable diseases. The Unprotected People Report web
section (http://www.immunize.org/reports) is a compilation
of more than 100 case reports, personal testimonies, and
newspaper and journal articles about people who have
suffered or died from vaccine-preventable diseases, as well
as opinion pieces about the value of immunization.
A new report was recently added to the Unprotected People
Report web section. In "Two Children Hospitalized with
Rotavirus," Brooke Matthys writes about the four days and
nights she and her husband spent in the hospital as their
severely dehydrated daughter and son battled the effects of
rotavirus infection. She realizes that her children paid a
high price for her decision not to take time to get them
vaccinated.
To access the ready-to-print (PDF) version of "Two Children
Hospitalized with Rotavirus," go to:
http://www.immunize.org/reports/report104.pdf
To view a web-text version of Brook Matthys' story, go to:
http://www.immunize.org/reports/report104.asp
To read more IAC Unprotected People Reports about rotavirus
cases, go to:
http://www.immunize.org/reports/rotavirus.asp
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Earn CME credit for watching the Discovery Health Channel's 4-part "Vaccine
Update" video series
IAC encourages IAC Express readers to watch
"Vaccine Update--Recent Data and Recommendations," a 4-part video series
from the Discovery Health Channel. The series features a
panel of experts, including Dr. Melinda Wharton from NCIRD.
Physicians and others can earn CME credit for watching the
videos and completing a test. Videos in the series vary in
length from 10 to 19 minutes.
The series will be available on the home page of IAC's
website through February 21. To access it, go to:
http://www.immunize.org and click on the image under the
words Video of the Week and then click on a link to one of
the four videos. It may take a few moments for your video
selection to begin playing; please be patient!
Remember to bookmark IAC's home page to view a new video
every Monday. To view an IAC Video of the Week from the
past, go to the video archive at http://www.immunize.org/votw
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MMWR publishes an update on an ongoing mumps outbreak in New York and New
Jersey
CDC published "Update: Mumps Outbreak--New York
and New
Jersey, June 2009-January 2010" in the February 12 issue of
MMWR. A summary made available to the press is reprinted
below in its entirety.
While the mumps vaccine has greatly reduced the burden of
disease in the United States (from 186,000 reported cases in
1967 to fewer than 500 per year in the early 2000s), limited
mumps outbreaks may occur, especially in settings of high
disease transmission. Though measles-mumps-rubella (MMR)
vaccine likely has prevented thousands of additional cases
in this outbreak as well as lowering the rate of
complications, clinicians and public health officials should
be aware that mumps can still occur in highly vaccinated
populations. Maintaining high immunization coverage with the
recommended doses of MMR vaccine remains the most effective
means of preventing outbreaks and in limiting the size of
outbreaks when they do occur. Other things people can do to
help prevent the spread of mumps and other infections
include washing hands well and often with soap, and teaching
children to wash their hands, too, not sharing eating
utensils, and cleaning surfaces that are frequently touched
(such as toys, doorknobs, tables, counters, etc.) regularly
with soap and water or with cleaning wipes.
An outbreak of mumps, which began in a summer camp in
Upstate New York last summer, has now grown to include 1,521
cases in New York City (predominantly Brooklyn), New Jersey,
and two counties in Upstate New York. The cases are almost
exclusively among members of tradition-observant Jewish
communities, with fewer than 3 percent of cases occurring
outside these communities. Many of the cases are occurring
in school-aged children, particularly boys, who have been
vaccinated with one or two doses of MMR vaccine though cases
have also occurred in persons who are unvaccinated or who
have received one dose of MMR vaccine.
To access the full article in web-text (HTML) format, go to:
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5905a1.htm
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MMWR
publishes a report on transmission of yellow fever vaccine virus through
breast-feeding in Brazil in 2009
CDC published "Transmission of Yellow Fever
Vaccine Virus
Through Breast-Feeding--Brazil, 2009" in the February 12
issue of MMWR. A portion of a summary made available to the
press is reprinted below.
Yellow fever is a potentially fatal mosquito-borne
hemorrhagic fever that is endemic in tropical regions of
Africa and South America. Yellow fever vaccine is
recommended for persons living in and traveling to endemic
areas. The vaccine is highly effective. However, the
findings in this report indicate that yellow fever vaccine
virus can be transmitted to infants via breast-feeding. The
breastfed infant in this report required hospitalization for
encephalitis (acute inflammation of the brain) after her
mother received yellow fever vaccine. Breast-feeding women
should not receive yellow fever vaccine except in situations
where exposure to yellow fever viruses cannot be avoided or
postponed.
To access the full article in web-text (HTML) format, go to:
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5905a2.htm
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MMWR
publishes report on progress in U.S. immunization information systems in 2008
CDC published "Progress in Immunization
Information Systems--United States, 2008" in the February 12 issue of MMWR. The
first paragraph is reprinted below.
Immunization information systems (IISs) are confidential,
computerized information systems that collect and
consolidate vaccination data from multiple healthcare
providers, generate reminder and recall notifications, and
assess vaccination coverage within a defined geographic
area. A CDC program goal for 2010 is to achieve >95%
participation in an IIS (defined as having two or more
recorded vaccinations) among children aged <6 years. To
monitor progress toward this goal, CDC annually surveys
immunization grantees in 50 states, five cities, and the
District of Columbia, using the Immunization Information
Systems Annual Report (IISAR). All 56 grantees were asked to
complete the IISAR; 52 did so for 2008. This report
highlights results from the 2008 IISAR, which indicated that
75% of all U.S. children aged <6 years (approximately 18
million children) participated in an IIS in 2008, an
increase from 65% in 2006. The majority of grantees (82%)
reported that their IIS had the capacity to track
vaccinations for persons of all ages, compared with 70% in
2006. Data-quality measures of timeliness and completeness
indicated that in 2008, 67% of IIS data were received and
processed within 30 days of vaccine administration, and data
were reported for six of 17 core data elements in >90% of
IIS records (both measures are similar to 2006 results).
Increased provider use of electronic health record systems
can benefit IISs and their users by producing immunization
records that are more timely and complete.
To access the full article in web-text (HTML) format, go to:
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5905a3.htm
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March 19 is the nomination deadline for the 2010 Natalie J. Smith, MD, Award
The Association of Immunization Managers (AIM) is
soliciting
nominations for the 2010 Natalie J. Smith, MD, Award for
excellence in program management. Nominations are due on
March 19. The award is given annually at the National
Immunization Conference to an outstanding program manager of
one of the 64 federal immunization grantee immunization
programs.
A link to the nomination form and background information on
the award is given in the right column of the AIM website at
http://www.immunizationmanagers.org
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PKIDS offers February 18 webinar about using Twitter to communicate
immunization information
PKIDS (Parents of Kids with Infectious Diseases)
invites
colleagues to a one-hour webinar that will provide hands-on,
how-to instruction about using Twitter. The webinar is part
of Communications Made Easy, a PKIDS' program intended to
help immunization educators learn the ropes of social
marketing and traditional and social media.
The Twitter webinar is scheduled for February 18, at 1:00 PM
Pacific Time. Space is limited and pre-registration is
recommended. To register, go to:
https://cc.readytalk.com/cc/schedule/display.do?udc=h8s283z0h22b
For more information on the Communications Made Easy
program, go to: http://www.pkids.org/cme
PKIDS supports people whose children have been affected by
viral hepatitis, HIV/AIDS, and other chronic, viral
infectious diseases, and educates the public about effective
disease prevention practices. To visit the PKIDS website, go
to: http://www.pkids.org
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Immunize Nebraska conference scheduled for June 11 in Omaha; early-bird
registration deadline is May 28
Immunize Nebraska will be held June 11 in Omaha.
Speakers
include William L. Atkinson, MD, MPH, medical epidemiologist
with NCIRD.
The early-bird registration fee, due May 28, is $80, a $30
savings off the standard $110 fee. To access the conference
brochure, which includes the registration form and complete
conference details, click
here.
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