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Issue Number 927

May 2, 2011

CONTENTS OF THIS ISSUE

1. New: April 2011 issue of Vaccinate Adults is now online

2. Reminder: April 2011 issue of Needle Tips available

online

3. IAC updates its " Checklist for Safe Vaccine Storage and

Handling " and temperature logs for refrigerators and

freezers in Fahrenheit and Celsius

4. IAC updates online " Ask the Experts " Q & A sections related

to diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis, meningococcal, hepatitis

B, and combination vaccines

5. IAC updates its standing orders for administering

meningococcal vaccine to children/teens and to adults

6. Spotlight on immunize.org: Access the archive of IAC's

" Ask the Experts " vaccine Q & As

7. IAC's " Immunizations for Babies " now available in Spanish

and six other languages

8. CDC publishes surveillance summary on county-level trends

in vaccination coverage among U.S. children ages 19-35

months during 1995-2008

9. Correction: Link IAC Express gave to Pediatrics' May 2011

supplement on vaccine safety has expired; new active link

now available

10. IAC's popular laminated versions of the 2011 U.S.

immunization schedules are now available. Order a supply

for your workplace today!

11. IAC's Video of the Week features a mother's account of

her infant son's pertussis death

12. Award-winning DVD! " Immunization Techniques: Best

Practices with Infants, Children, and Adults " --from the

California Department of Public Health, Immunization

Branch

13. CDC publishes report on global rotavirus surveillance

14. Many of PKIDs' May and June webinars focus on using

social media to communicate immunization information

15. Meeting on vaccines and immunotherapy for nosocomial

infections is planned for September 26-28 in Annecy,

France