IAC Express #946 - Table of Contents

August 16, 2011

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Issue Number 946

August 15, 2011

CONTENTS OF THIS ISSUE

1. CDC website posts ACIP's provisional recommendations for

use of Tdap vaccine in pregnant women

2. Reminder: New issues of Needle Tips and Vaccinate Adults

available online

3. New: Spanish-language versions of the 2011-12 influenza

vaccine VISs now available

4. Spotlight on immunize.org: guide to immunize.org

5. IAC posts new vaccine refrigerator and freezer

temperature logs and updates existing logs

6. IAC's Video of the Week presents tips for preventing

errors in vaccine administration and storage and handling

7. IAC updates " It's federal law! You must give your

patients vaccine information statements (VISs) "

8. NACCHO policy statement supports eliminating personal-

belief exemptions from immunization requirements for

child care and school attendance

9. Dr. Arthur Caplan makes the ethical case for mandatory

influenza vaccination of healthcare workers

10. August is National Immunization Awareness Month; HHS

toolkit is loaded with resources and ideas

11. IAC's " After the Shots . . . " And " When Do Children And

Teens Need Vaccinations? " now available in Spanish and

six other languages

12. CDC reports on 2010 Louisiana rabies death after exposure

to a vampire bat in Mexico

13. CDC makes the Pink Book available as an e-Book

14. For parents: August 18 webinar will discuss FDA's role in

protecting children's health with safe, effective

vaccines

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

immunization schedules are available. Order a supply for

your workplace today!

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

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

California Department of Public Health, Immunization

Branch

17. National Meningitis Association launches a new blog--

Parents Who Protect

18. WHO announces that the Measles Initiative has helped

vaccinate more than one billion children against measles

since 2001

19. CDC reports on progress toward poliomyelitis eradication

in Nigeria during January 2010-June 2011

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August 16, 2011