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> >This e-mail message contains recent news items prepared by the >Immunization Action Coalition & the Hepatitis B Coalition, >publishers of NEEDLE TIPS & the Hepatitis B Coalition News and >publishers of VACCINATE ADULTS! > >Previous issues may be obtained from the Web at >http://www.immunize.org/genr.d/ntn.htm >============================================================== > >Issue Number 7 May 4, 1998 > >CONTENTS OF THIS ISSUE > > 1. Coalition e-mail news service now called "IAC Express" > 2. CDC releases 1998 ACIP statement "Prevention and Control > of Influenza" > 3. CDC releases "Hepatitis B vaccine fact sheet" and "Hepatitis > B vaccine questions and answers" > 4. It's bad enough to lose a spleen! > 5. Are you looking for HBV clinical trials for your patients? > 6. "NEEDLE TIPS" is in the mail and "VACCINATE ADULTS!" will > follow soon! > 7. FREE! Bulk copies of last issue of "NEEDLE TIPS" now available > 8. Adult immunization videoconference is coming to your > neighborhood on June 4 > 9. Will we see you at the National Immunization Conference in July? >10. Link up to our latest publications >--------------------------------------------------------- > >March 10, 1998 >COALITION E-MAIL NEWS SERVICE NOW CALLED "IAC EXPRESS" > >We received several tips that we should change the name of our >news service, "NEEDLE TIPS NOW!" because people are mixing it >up with our newsletter, "NEEDLE TIPS." The Immunization Action >Coalition (IAC) news service is now called "IAC Express." >---------------------------------------------------------- > >May 1, 1998 >CDC RELEASES ANNUAL ACIP STATEMENT ON INFLUENZA PREVENTION >AND CONTROL > >On May 1, 1998, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices >released its updated statement, "Prevention and Control of >Influenza," for the 1998-99 influenza season. This statement, >published every spring in the MMWR, reviews recommendations >for the use of influenza vaccine such as which children and >adults should be given influenza vaccine, when it should be >administered, who needs more than one dose, vaccine side effects, >antiviral treatment for influenza, etc. Click here >http://www.cdc.gov/epo/mmwr/mmwr_rr.html >to access the updated recommendations on MMWR's website, or >call your state's immunization program manager to obtain a copy. > >Click here http://www.immunize.org/nslt.d/n18/coord18.htm >if you need your immunization program manager's phone number. >--------------------------------------------------------- > >April 30, 1998 >CDC RELEASES "HEPATITIS B VACCINE FACT SHEET" AND "HEPATITIS >B VACCINE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS" > >On April 27, 1998, ABC News affiliates in several U.S. cities >aired a story that raised concerns about hepatitis B vaccine >causing chronic illnesses (such as multiple sclerosis, >autoimmune disorders). As a result, CDC has developed a fact >sheet called "Hepatitis B vaccine: what you may have heard...and >what you should know," for distribution to the public. You may >obtain a copy from CDC's National Immunization Program website >by clicking here: http://www.cdc.gov/nip/hepb43098.htm. In >addition, "Hepatitis B vaccine questions and answers" provides >more extensive information about hepatitis B vaccine. It may >be obtained from CDC's Hepatitis Branch website by clicking here: >http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/hepatitis/b/faqbvax.htm. >--------------------------------------------------------- > >May 1998 >IT'S BAD ENOUGH TO LOSE A SPLEEN! > >If you were at CDC/HCFA's National Adult Immunization Conference >in March, chances are you walked away with a vivid memory of the >picture of the woman who needed to have her legs and arms amputated. >She developed overwhelming pneumococcal infection. Not one of >the several physicians who took care of her in the years following >her emergency splenectomy had vaccinated her against pneumococcal >disease. >--------------------------------------------------------- > >May 1998 >ARE YOU LOOKING FOR HBV CLINICAL TRIALS FOR YOUR PATIENTS? > >The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases has >information about adult and pediatric HBV clinical trials being >conducted in the United States. For adult studies, contact >Lanette Sherrill, CRNP, MSN. For pediatric studies, contact >Jan Kiell, RN, BS. Both can be reached at 205-934-2424. >--------------------------------------------------------- > >May 1998 >"NEEDLE TIPS" IS IN THE MAIL AND "VACCINATE ADULTS!" WILL FOLLOW >SOON! > >Over 300,000 copies of these two publications will soon reach >mailboxes around the world! You can expect a hard copy of one >of them will be in your hands shortly (if it isn't already). If >you can't wait for your copy of "NEEDLE TIPS" to arrive, get a >web copy by clicking here: >http://www.immunize.org/nslt.d/n19/nslt19h.htm. >"VACCINATE ADULTS!" will be on the web soon and we'll let you >know via e-mail when it's available. Here's a special note for >those of you who are wondering what the difference is between >"NEEDLE TIPS" and "VACCINATE ADULTS!" "NEEDLE TIPS" is for health >professionals who treat children, adolescents, and/or adults. >"VACCINATE ADULTS!" is for health professionals who treat adults >only. Everything in "VACCINATE ADULTS!" is excerpted from >"NEEDLE TIPS." >--------------------------------------------------------- > >May 1998 >FREE! BULK COPIES OF LAST ISSUE OF "NEEDLE TIPS" NOW AVAILABLE > >We're giving away bulk copies of the fall/winter 1997-1998 issue >of "NEEDLE TIPS & the Hepatitis B Coalition News" to make space for >the spring/summer 98 issue. If you have an immunization >conference or meeting, "NEEDLE TIPS" is an ideal handout! Although >this publication was released 7 months ago, this "oldie but goodie" >still has lots of up-to-date immunization information. Please >send us an e-mail to mail@immunize.org, or click here >mailto:mail@immunize.org, and let us know how many copies >of the previous newsletter you would like. (Up to 500 is OK!) >Our last give-away was a great success so don't balk at the bulk! >--------------------------------------------------------- > >June 4, 1998 >ADULT IMMUNIZATION VIDEOCONFERENCE IS COMING TO YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD >ON JUNE 4 > >On Thursday, June 4, a live, interactive videoconference, "Adult >Immunization: Strategies That Work," will be led by William L. >Atkinson, MD, MPH, and Sharon Humiston, MD, MPH, medical >epidemiologists with the National Immunization Program, Centers >for Disease Control and Prevention. The 2.5 hour broadcast will >feature interviews with providers who have implemented successful >adult immunization strategies, as well as question and answer >sessions with the moderators via toll-free telephone lines. >Participants can also share their successes at this time. CEUs >available. Call your state immunization program to find out the >satellite site that is most convenient for you. Click here >http://www.immunize.org/nslt.d/n18/coord18.htm >to find your state immunization program's phone number. >--------------------------------------------------------- > >July 1998 >WILL WE SEE YOU AT THE NATIONAL IMMUNIZATION CONFERENCE IN JULY? > >Come to Atlanta and find out how to raise immunization rates in your >practice, your school, your city, your state, your county, or your >country! The 32nd National Immunization Conference will be held >in Atlanta, Georgia, July 21-24, 1998, at the Marriott Marquis Hotel. >Health professionals who conduct and manage childhood, adolescent, >and/or adult immunization activities in either the public or private >sector should consider attending this conference. Topics include >vaccine development, vaccine safety, immunization practices, >information technology, legislation, national policy, and more, >more, more. For registration information, call Elizabeth Perry, >National Immunization Program, Centers for Disease Control and >Prevention, 404-639-8638. For exhibit information, call Craig >Wilkins at 404-639-8225. It's a big, well-attended meeting so >call now! Hotel reservations must be received by June 19 to >receive the special conference group rate. Hotel information >and reservations, 404-521-0000. >--------------------------------------------------------- >May 1998 >LINK UP TO OUR LATEST PUBLICATIONS > >All of the Coalition publications listed below are new, revised, >or have new translations. Click on these resources and you will >get camera-ready or web version, copyright free, materials you can >start using or handing out to your patients today! > >NEW! "All kids need hepatitis B shots" - brochure that tells >parents all children birth through 18 years of age need hepatitis >B shots. > Web version: http://www.immunize.org/catg.d/4055kidb.htm > PDF version: http://www.immunize.org/catg.d/4055kidb.pdf > >NEW! "Every week thousands of sexually active people get >hepatitis B" - a hepatitis B brochure for sexually active adults. >Great illustrations by a new Coalition artist. > Web version: http://www.immunize.org/catg.d/4112std.htm > PDF version: http://www.immunize.org/catg.d/4112std.pdf > >NEW! "Basic knowledge about hepatitis B" - a list of high-risk >groups, interpretation of the hepatitis B panel, and tests to >diagnose chronic hepatitis B, C, and D. > Web version: http://www.immunize.org/catg.d/p2110.htm > PDF version: http://www.immunize.org/catg.d/p2110.pdf > >NEW! "Hepatitis B and the health care worker" - CDC answers >frequently asked questions about how to protect health care >workers from hepatitis B virus infection. Also includes a >table on how to manage someone who is exposed to hepatitis B. > Web version: http://www.immunize.org/catg.d/2109hcw.htm > PDF version: http://www.immunize.org/catg.d/2109hcw.pdf > >NEW! "Pneumococcal vaccine: Who needs it and who needs it again?" >- CDC answers frequently asked questions on pneumoccocal vaccine. >Also includes a table adapted from the ACIP pneumoccocal statement >on who needs pneumoccocal vaccine and who needs revaccination. > Web version: http://www.immunize.org/catg.d/2015pne.htm > PDF version: http://www.immunize.org/catg.d/2015pne.pdf > >REVISED! "Summary of rules for childhood immunization" - a >two-sided reference table of appropriate use, scheduling, and >contraindications of vaccines. No need to search for answers in >a variety of textbooks. This two-sided table was adapted from >information published by the Advisory Committee on Immunization >Practices, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the American >Academy of Family Physicians. Use this table to assist you in >determining the appropriate use and scheduling of vaccines for >children on schedule and for children who have fallen behind. >Worthy of lamination! > Web version: http://www.immunize.org/nslt.d/n17/rules1.htm > PDF version: http://www.immunize.org/catg.d/rules1.pdf > >REVISED! "Immunizations for babies" - a visual picture of the >shot schedule. > Web version: http://www.immunize.org/catg.d/p4010.htm > PDF version: http://www.immunize.org/catg.d/p4010imm.pdf > >REVISED! "When do children and teens need shots" - a visual >picture of the shot schedule. Available in English now. >Spanish translation will follow shortly. > Web version: http://www.immunize.org/nslt.d/n17/when1.htm > PDF version: http://www.immunize.org/catg.d/when1.pdf > >REVISED! "Are you 11-19 years old? Then you need to be >vaccinated!"- covers all vaccinations for teens. New artwork, >too. > Web version: http://www.immunize.org/catg.d/p4020.htm > PDF version: http://www.immunize.org/catg.d/11teens8.pdf > >REVISED! "Vaccine administration record for children and teens" >- keep children and teens' immunization records on this one-page >sheet in the front of their medical charts. > Web version: http://www.immunize.org/catg.d/p2022a.htm > PDF version: http://www.immunize.org/catg.d/p2022a.pdf > >NEW TRANSLATIONS! "After the shots...what to do if your child has >discomfort" - soon available on the web in English, Spanish, Hmong, >Cambodian, Laotian, Vietnamese, Tagalog, Russian, Chinese, Korean, >and Farsi. > >NEW TRANSLATION! "Screening questionnaire for adult immunization" >- a form your adult patients fill out to help you evaluate which >vaccines can be given at that day's visit. Available in English >and Spanish. > English web version: http://www.immunize.org/catg.d/p4065scr.htm > English PDF version: http://www.immunize.org/catg.d/p4065scr.pdf > Spanish web version: http://www.immunize.org/catg.d/4065-01.htm > Spanish PDF version: http://www.immunize.org/catg.d/4065-01.pdf > >==================================================================== >As always, we would be delighted to hear from you regarding any >timely immunization and/or hepatitis resource materials or news >items that you think might be of interest to our subscribers. 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