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Issue number 962: November 14, 2011 |
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- New:
November issue of Vaccinate Adults is now online
- Reminder:
November issue of Needle Tips available online
- CDC
releases revised interim polio vaccine VIS
- ACIP
votes to recommend hepatitis B vaccination for adults age 60 years and
younger with diabetes
- MMWR
provides information on herpes zoster vaccine licensure and related
recommendation
- IAC's
Video of the Week features Alabama's Secretary of State's personal appeal
for influenza vaccination
- Spotlight
on immunize.org: where you'll find hundreds of images/photos related to
vaccination and vaccine-preventable diseases
- CDC
develops new educational pieces for healthcare providers and parents
- MMWR
reports on global routine vaccination coverage
- IAC
updates "When Do Children and Teens Need Vaccinations" and its
translations
- IAC's
updated screening questionnaires for children/teens and adults now
available in Spanish and seven other languages
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Influenza vaccination is recommended for almost everyone, so please keep
vaccinating!
- CDC's
December 1 Net Conference will cover influenza and HPV vaccination and
National Influenza Vaccination Week
- Save the
date: 1st National Immunization Conference Online to be held March 26-28!
- American
College of Physicians to host a series of immunization-related webinars
- CDC
offers webinar on using its FluVaxView system
- IAC
posts new VIS translations for MMR and hepatitis B vaccines
- CDC
posts presentation slide sets from the October 2011 ACIP meeting
- MMWR
reports on progress toward polio eradication in Afghanistan and Pakistan
- Bulk
quantities of the 2011-12 Influenza Vaccine Pocket Guides and PPSV Pocket
Guides available--FREE!--from the National Influenza Vaccine Summit
-
Award-winning DVD! "Immunization Techniques: Best Practices with Infants,
Children, and Adults"--from the California Department of Public Health,
Immunization Branch
- IAC's
popular laminated versions of the 2011 U.S. immunization schedules are
still available
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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 962: November 14, 2011 |
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New: November issue of Vaccinate
Adults is now online
The November 2011 issue of Vaccinate Adults is
now online for downloading at
http://www.immunize.org/va/va33.pdf
This issue presents an array of materials that healthcare professionals can
rely on to vaccinate adults against influenza. Readers will also find new and
updated resources for vaccine storage and handling and for Td/Tdap
vaccination.
It also includes the Ask the Experts column from CDC experts Andrew T.
Kroger, MD, MPH; Donna L. Weaver, RN, MN; and William L. Atkinson, MD, MPH.
Note: Vaccinate Adults is an abbreviated version of Needle Tips with the
pediatric content removed.
To download a PDF of the entire 16-page issue of Vaccinate Adults, go to:
http://www.immunize.org/va/va33.pdf
To access the Vaccinate Adults table of contents where you can view and print
individual sections, go to:
http://www.immunize.org/va Back issues are accessible from this page as
well.
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Reminder: November issue of Needle Tips available online
The November issue of Needle Tips is available
online for viewing, downloading, and printing.
To download the entire issue in PDF format, go to:
http://www.immunize.org/nslt.d/n50/n50.pdf
To view the table of contents, use a magazine viewer, or access back issues,
go to: http://www.immunize.org/nt
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CDC releases revised interim polio vaccine VIS
On November 8, CDC released a revised inactivated
polio vaccine (IPV) VIS. This edition does not differ significantly from the
previous edition, particularly with regard to contraindications and adverse
events. The update is part of a move to reformat all VISs based on input from
CDC focus groups. While CDC encourages providers to use the new polio VIS,
existing stocks of the previous edition may be used up.
To access the revised polio vaccine VIS, go to
http://www.immunize.org/vis/polio-ipv.pdf
For information about the use of VISs, and for VISs in more than 35
languages, visit IAC's VIS web section at
http://www.immunize.org/vis
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ACIP votes to recommend hepatitis B vaccination for adults age 60 years and
younger with diabetes
On October 25, ACIP voted to recommend that
hepatitis B vaccine be given to adults with diabetes. The vaccine series is
recommended for unvaccinated adults with diabetes age 60 years and younger;
the vaccine may also be administered to unvaccinated adults with diabetes who
are older than age 60 years.
The recommendation was prompted by the number of outbreaks of hepatitis B
virus infection in settings that provide diabetics with assisted blood
glucose monitoring. You can read more about this recommendation and the
rationale behind it in a press release from Infectious Disease News at
http://www.infectiousdiseasenews.com/article/88870.aspx
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MMWR provides information on herpes zoster vaccine licensure and related
recommendation
CDC published "Update on Herpes Zoster Vaccine:
Licensure
for Persons Aged 50 Through 59 Years" in the November 11
issue of MMWR. Portions of the article are reprinted below.
Herpes zoster vaccine (Zostavax, Merck & Co., Inc.) was
licensed and recommended in 2006 for prevention of herpes
zoster among adults aged 60 years and older. In March 2011,
the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the use of
Zostavax in adults aged 50 through 59 years. In June 2011,
the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)
declined to recommend the vaccine for adults aged 50 through
59 years and reaffirmed its current recommendation that
herpes zoster vaccine be routinely recommended for adults
aged 60 years and older. . . .
Considering all available evidence and the supply issues,
ACIP declined to recommend the use of herpes zoster vaccine
among adults aged 50 through 59 years and reaffirmed its
existing recommendation that herpes zoster vaccine be
routinely recommended for adults aged 60 years and older.
ACIP will continue to monitor supply issues and might update
recommendations regarding vaccination of adults aged 50
through 59 years when an adequate and stable supply of the
vaccine is assured. Planned improvements by Merck in its
production processes and the addition of new manufacturing
facilities are expected to increase the supply of the
vaccine during the next several years.
With the FDA approval, Zostavax is available in the United
States for indicated use among adults aged 50 years and
older. Contraindications to the use of Zostavax remain
unchanged. Zostavax should not be given to pregnant women,
persons with a primary or acquired immunodeficiency, or to
persons with a history of anaphylactic reaction to gelatin,
neomycin, or any other component of the vaccine. Herpes
zoster vaccine can be administered simultaneously with other
indicated vaccines.
For vaccination providers who choose to use Zostavax among
certain patients aged 50 through 59 years despite the
absence of an ACIP recommendation, factors that might be
considered include particularly poor anticipated tolerance
of herpes zoster or postherpetic neuralgia symptoms (e.g.,
attributable to preexisting chronic pain, severe depression,
or other comorbid conditions; inability to tolerate
treatment medications because of hypersensitivity or
interactions with other chronic medications; and
occupational considerations). . . .
To access the full article, go to:
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6044a5.htm
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IAC's Video of the Week features Alabama's Secretary of State's personal
appeal for influenza vaccination
IAC encourages IAC Express readers to watch a
moving 2:30-minute video on preventing influenza. In this broadcast-news video from the NBC affiliate in Montgomery, AL, Alabama
Secretary of State Beth Chapman talks about her husband,
James, who died from a respiratory disease this past April
after contracting influenza.
The video will be available on the home page of IAC's
website through November 20. To access it, go to:
http://www.immunize.org and click on the image under the
words Video of the Week.
Remember to bookmark IAC's home page to view a new video
every Monday.
To access the archives of IAC's Videos of the Week, go to:
http://www.immunize.org/votw
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Spotlight on immunize.org: where you'll find hundreds of images/photos
related to vaccination and vaccine-preventable diseases
Looking for new ways to educate your patients
about the
importance of vaccination? Look no further. When it comes to
educating the public and healthcare professionals about the
serious health effects of vaccine-preventable diseases
(VPDs), nothing else packs the punch of a visual image. The
IAC Image Library web section provides access to hundreds of
VPD and vaccination-related images.
IAC has brought together images of people suffering from
VPDs; pictures of healthcare professionals vaccinating
children, teens, and adults; and photos taken during various
global immunization campaigns, as well as pathology
specimens and micrographs of viruses and bacteria. Almost
all of the images are free to download and can be used in
lectures, articles, and presentations.
To access the IAC Image Library, visit
http://www.immunize.org/photos
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CDC
develops new educational pieces for healthcare providers and parents
CDC has developed a new series of fact sheets
about vaccine
testing, safety, monitoring, and the process for
establishing the U.S. immunization schedule. These materials
are intended to help healthcare professionals keep up to
date on vaccine topics; they may also be distributed to
parents who want in-depth information on these topics after
talking to their child's doctor.
To access these new fact sheets about vaccine development
and safety, go to:
http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/spec-grps/hcp/provider-resources-safetysheets.html
CDC also offers a series of fact sheets for parents about 14
vaccine-preventable diseases (VPDs) and the vaccines that
can prevent them. These fact sheets describe symptoms of
infection as well as benefits and risks of vaccination.
There are two versions of each sheet. The "Disease Basics"
sheets include an overview of each VPD and vaccine
information. The "In-Depth Information" sheets use a
narrative style; some include a true story about a family
affected by a VPD.
To access the fact sheets about VPDs and vaccines for
parents, go to:
http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/spec-grps/hcp/provider-resources-factsheets.html
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MMWR
reports on global routine vaccination coverage
CDC published "Global Routine Vaccination
Coverage, 2010" in
the November 11 issue of MMWR. Portions of the first
paragraph are reprinted below.
This report summarizes the status of vaccination coverage
globally and regionally in 2010 and progress toward meeting
the GIVS [Global Immunization Vision and Strategy] goal. . .
. Despite the overall improvement in vaccination coverage
during the past 37 years, routine vaccination programs need
to be strengthened globally, especially in countries with
the greatest numbers of unvaccinated children.
To access the full article, go to:
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6044a3.htm
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IAC updates "When Do Children and Teens Need Vaccinations" and its
translations
IAC recently revised "When Do Children and Teens
Need
Vaccinations?" This handout provides an easy-to-read
schedule for parents of children from birth through age 18
years.
Go to: http://www.immunize.org/catg.d/p4050.pdf
The Spanish, Arabic, Chinese, French, Korean, Russian,
Turkish, and Vietnamese translations of this handout have
also been updated.To access all the translations, go to:
http://www.immunize.org/handouts/vaccine-schedules.asp
IAC's Handouts for Patients and Staff web section offers
healthcare professionals and the public approximately 250
FREE English-language handouts (many also available in
translation), which we encourage website users to print out,
copy, and distribute widely. To access all of IAC's free
handouts, go to: http://www.immunize.org/handouts
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IAC's updated screening questionnaires for children/teens and adults now
available in Spanish and seven other languages
Updated in October, IAC's "Screening
Questionnaire for
Child and Teen Immunization" and "Screening Questionnaire
for Adult Immunization" are now available in Spanish,
Arabic, Chinese, French, Korean, Russian, Turkish, and
Vietnamese.
To access both of these screening questionnaires in English
and all the available translations, go to:
http://www.immunize.org/handouts/screening-vaccines.asp
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Influenza vaccination is recommended for almost everyone, so please keep
vaccinating!
Influenza vaccination is recommended for everyone
age 6
months and older, so please keep vaccinating your patients.
Following is a list of resources related to influenza
disease and vaccination for healthcare professionals and the
public.
Don't forget that National Influenza Vaccination Week (NIVW)
is scheduled for December 4-10! CDC's NIVW web section
includes resources to help organizations spread the word
about the importance of administering and receiving
influenza vaccine throughout the influenza season. To access
them, go to: http://www.cdc.gov/flu/nivw
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CDC's December 1 Net Conference will cover influenza and HPV vaccination and
National Influenza Vaccination Week
The next "Current Issues in Immunization" Net
Conference
will be held on December 1 from noon to 1 p.m. ET. Joseph
Bresee, MD, FAAP, and others from CDC will make
presentations on influenza and HPV vaccination and National
Influenza Vaccination Week. Andrew Kroger, MD, MPH, will
moderate the discussion.
Registration is limited and will close on November 29 or
when the course is full. To register, go to:
http://www2.cdc.gov/vaccines/ed/ciinc
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Save the date: 1st National Immunization Conference Online to be held March
26-28!
The 2012 National Immunization Conference, called
the 1st
National Immunization Conference Online (NICO), will be held
March 26-28--entirely online.
There will be no cost to participate in NICO. Pre-registration is not required. Attendance at live workshops
will be limited to the first 1,000 people to log in at the
start of each session.
Invited speakers will present remotely over the Internet and
telephone in a series of live, web-based sessions. Workshops
will include multiple 1-hour presentations. Recordings of
the sessions will be made available on the Internet after
the conclusion of the conference.
Please be aware that abstracts are being accepted for poster
presentation only at this year's online conference. The
deadline for abstract submission is February 3, 2012.
For more information about the 1st NICO, go to
http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/events/nic/default.htm or
contact the Conference Planning Team at (404) 639-8225 or by
email at NIPNIC@cdc.gov
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American College of Physicians to host a series of immunization-related webinars
The American College of Physicians (ACP) is
sponsoring a
series of free 1-hour immunization-related webinars,
beginning November 15. The schedule follows.
Review of the Latest ACIP Immunization Recommendations
Date/Time: November 15, noon ET
Efficient Vaccine Ordering
Date/Time: February 23, 5 p.m. ET
Applying Quality Improvement Principles to Immunization
Date/Time: March 13, 3 p.m. ET
Communicating Risk-Benefit of Vaccination to Patients
Date/Time: July 18, noon ET
For more information, or to register for one or more of the
sessions, go to:
http://www.acponline.org/clinical_information/resources/adult_immunization/webinars.htm
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CDC offers webinar on using its FluVaxView system
CDC will sponsor a webinar to demonstrate use and
application of FluVaxView on November 17 from 2-3 p.m. ET.
FluVaxView is a CDC website that features interactive
influenza vaccination reports that can be used to enhance
planning and evaluation of vaccination efforts.
To visit FluVaxView, go to:
http://www.cdc.gov/flu/professionals/vaccination/vaccinecoverage.htm
To register for the related webinar, go to:
http://www2.cdc.gov/vaccines/ed/fluvaxreg
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IAC posts new VIS translations for MMR and hepatitis B vaccines
IAC recently posted 8 new VIS translations on its
website.
The MMR and hepatitis B vaccine VISs are now available in
Hmong, Russian, Somali, and Vietnamese. IAC thanks the
Minnesota Department of Health for the translations.
To access the new translations of the VIS for MMR vaccine,
as well as the English version, go to:
http://www.immunize.org/vis/vis_mmr.asp
To access the new translations of the VIS for hepatitis B
vaccine, as well as the English version, go to:
http://www.immunize.org/vis/vis_hepatitis_b.asp
For information about the use of VISs, and for VISs in more
than 35 languages, visit IAC's VIS web section at
http://www.immunize.org/vis
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CDC posts presentation slide sets from the October 2011 ACIP meeting
The CDC website recently posted the PowerPoint
slide sets
presented at the October 25-26 ACIP meeting. To access the
slide sets, go to:
http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/recs/acip/slides-oct11.htm
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MMWR reports on progress toward polio eradication in Afghanistan and Pakistan
CDC published "Progress Toward Poliomyelitis
Eradication--Afghanistan and Pakistan, January 2010-September 2011" in
the November 11 issue of MMWR.
To access the article, go to:
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6044a4.htm
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Bulk quantities of the 2011-12 Influenza Vaccine Pocket Guides and PPSV
Pocket Guides available--FREE!--from the National Influenza Vaccine Summit
To aid in efforts to vaccinate against influenza
and
pneumococcal disease, readers are invited to place orders
now for bulk quantities of the National Influenza Vaccine
Summit's 2011-12 Influenza Vaccine Pocket Information Guide
and Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccination (PPSV) Pocket
Guide. Both are free--you can order them in the hundreds or
thousands!
These laminated, 3.75 x 6.75-inch, 2-color cards serve as a
convenient reference for front-line healthcare professionals
who vaccinate patients. Place a bulk order now, and your
organization will be ready to educate healthcare
professionals at upcoming immunization training sessions and
conferences. Each staff person who administers influenza or
PPSV vaccine needs these handy resources.
See an image of the influenza vaccine pocket guide at
http://www.immunize.org/pocketguides/pocketguide_flu.pdf
See an image of the PPSV pocket guide at
http://www.immunize.org/pocketguides/pocketguide_ppsv.pdf
The 2011-12 influenza pocket guide and PPSV pocket guide are
designed to be used by healthcare professionals only; THEY
ARE NOT PATIENT HANDOUTS.
HOW TO ORDER
Place your order at http://www.preventinfluenza.org/pocketguides There is no
cost for the pocket guides, shipping, or handling within the
U.S.
If you have questions, email admininfo@immunize.org
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Award-winning DVD! "Immunization Techniques: Best Practices with Infants,
Children, and Adults"--from the California Department of Public Health,
Immunization Branch
In 2010, the California Department of
Public Health (CDPH),
Immunization Branch, updated its award-winning training
video, "Immunization Techniques: Best Practices with
Infants, Children, and Adults." The 25-minute program can be
used to train new employees and to refresh the skills of
experienced staff. The video demonstrates the skills and
techniques needed to administer vaccines to patients of all
ages.
Prices start at $17 each for 1-9 copies and are greatly
reduced for large orders, dropping to $3 each for 1,000-1,499 copies.
To learn more about the DVD, and find out how to order it,
go to: http://www.immunize.org/dvd
For quotes on larger quantities, call (651) 647-9009 or
email admininfo@immunize.org
The Immunization Action Coalition is the only nationwide
vendor of the DVD.
Note for healthcare settings located in California: Contact
your local health department immunization program for a free
copy.
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IAC's popular laminated versions of the 2011 U.S. immunization schedules are
still available
IAC's laminated versions of the 2011 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".
PRICING
1-4 copies: $7.50 each
5-19 copies: $5.50 each
20-99 copies: $4.50 each
To view images of the laminated schedules, or to order
online or download an order form, go to:
http://www.immunize.org/shop/laminated-schedules.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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