IAC Express #909 Table of Contents

January 19, 2011

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Issue Number 909

January 18, 2011

CONTENTS OF THIS ISSUE

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

2. Reminder: January 2011 issue of Needle Tips available

online

3. MMWR publishes ACIP's updated recommendations for the use

of Tdap vaccine

4. Check it out: IAC develops a timely new web page-- " The

Fraud Behind the MMR Scare "

5. Wall Street Journal publishes Dr. A. Offit's

editorial on Wakefield's failed 1998 study

6. Spotlight on immunize.org: More on Vaccinate Adults,

including back issues and magazine viewer option

7. IAC's Video of the Week explores the future of

immunization

8. IAC updates two of its most popular handouts, " Healthcare

Personnel Vaccination Recommendations " and " Vaccinations

for Adults: You're NEVER too old to get immunized! "

9. IAC website posts an updated version of All Star

Pediatrics' " Sample Vaccine Policy Statement "

10. IAC updates two of its standing orders for administering

vaccines to adults

11. CDC's February 3 Net Conference to cover the recommended

2011 U.S. immunization schedules for children and adults

12. Influenza vaccination is recommended for almost everyone,

so please keep vaccinating!

13. MMWR reports on the costs a county health department

incurred in responding to a school-based pertussis

outbreak in Omaha in 2008

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

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

California Department of Public Health, Immunization

Branch

15. CDC's 2011 report on U.S. health disparities and

inequalities includes a section on influenza vaccination

coverage during 2000-2010

16. CDC website posts interim guidance on the use of

influenza antiviral agents during the 2010-11 influenza

season

17. MMWR reports on progress made in immunization information

systems in the U.S. during 2009

18. MMWR publishes errata to CDC's " Sexually Transmitted

Diseases Treatment Guidelines, 2010 "

19. Operation Immunization conference scheduled for April 12

in Greensburg, PA

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January 19, 2011