Groups Focus on Adult Vaccinations

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Daily News: Groups Focus on Adult Vaccinations

Saturday December 6, 2008

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The American College of Physicians and the Infectious Diseases Society of

America called for providers to review and discuss vaccinations with their adult

patients in a joint statement.

Adult vaccination rates range from 26% to 69% percent, depending on the vaccine

and patient group, according to the organizations seeking to increase coverage

for influenza, pneumococcal, tetanus-diptheria-pertussis, hepatitis A, hepatitis

B, measles-mumps-rubella, chickenpox, meningococcal, human papillomavirus, and

shingles.

Ninety-five percent of vaccine-preventable diseases occur in adults and result

in more than 46,000 deaths each year from the diseases or complications, they

said, citing the national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.