2011 North Carolina Immunization ConferenceAugust 2011

Iyabode Akinsanya-Beysolow, M.D., M.P.H.Medical Officer

National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Atlanta, GA

Provider Educational Provider Educational ResourcesResources

Target audience

• Resources for Providers- Physicians- Nurse Practitioners, - Physician Assistants- Nurses- Medical Assistants

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Provider ResourcesCDC’s vaccines website for Health care providers http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/hcp.htm

Immunization Action Coalitionhttp://www.immunize.org/American Academy of Pediatricshttp://www.aap.org/healthtopics/immunizationsChildren’s Hospital of Philadelphia(CHOP)http://www.chop.edu/consumer/jsp/microsite/microsite.jsp?id=75918FDAhttp://www.fda.gov/BiologicsBloodVaccines/default.htmNational Library of Medicine – Medline Plushttp://medlineplus.gov/National Network for Immunization Informationhttp://www.nnii.org/

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CDC sites

• www.cdc.gov/vaccines• www.cdc.gov/vaccines/hcp.htm

Navigating the CDC VaccinesWebsite

Providers

• What’s new!• Clinical Resources • Administrative Tools• Patient education• Immunization Training

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Clinical Resourceswww.cdc.gov/hcp

• Immunization Schedules• Vaccine Recommendations– Who makes them– Who is the ACIP?

• Pink Book – Epidemiology and Prevention of VPD’s (12th edition)

• Vaccine Shortages/Recalls, Travelers,

● VAERS

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Provider Administrative Tools

• Storage and Handling of Supplies• Vaccine Administration• VFC (Vaccines for Children)• VIS• Standing Orders• Reminder Systems and Strategies for

Increasing Rates

Patient Education

• Educating Patients• Parents who question vaccines• Spanish language information• Vaccine Safety

Provider Education• All Training and CE Offerings● Free CE offerings ● Vaccine Preventable Diseases● Downloadable posters, flyers, training

materials

What would best suit your training needs?

• A comprehensive overview about immunizations and vaccine-preventable diseases?

• Four- part series, Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases – Internet or DVD- Four 3 hour sessions, or Live 2-day course• Pink Book, 12th edition

What would best suit your training needs?

• An interactive self-study on specific vaccines– Immunization: You call the Shots – set up as

modules• Each module 1-2 hours to complete, self-paced

What would best suit your training needs?

• An online course on adult vaccination and strategies to increase coverage rates?

- Increasing Adult Vaccination Rates: WhatWorks

- web based

What would best suit your training needs?

• A webcast on best practices for the immunization patient visit– The Immunization Encounter: Critical Issues• Two hours • Patient intake, screening,• Vaccine Admin• Vaccine Management, Documentation, etc.

What would best suit your training needs?

• An annual update on immunizations and vaccines– Annual update, 2-hour program – Latest August 2011

What would best suit your training needs?

• A one-hour lunch-time presentation on current issues– Net conferences offered 4-5 times a year

What would best suit your training needs?

• Print materials providing detailed discussions of vaccine recommendations–MMWR immunization articles

CE training

• For all your CE needs from CDChttp://www2a.cdc.gov/TCEOnline/- Bank Account of your CE (via CDC)- Printable certificates

Resources from other sites• AAP• IAC• CHOP – patient education sheets• Every Child by Two• North Carolina’s Immunization Program– http://www.immunizenc.com/– Check your vials poster (Td, Tdap, DTaP)– http://www.immunizenc.com/Kids.htm

• California’s Dept of Public Health Immunization Program– EZ- IZ,– http://www.eziz.org/pages/vaccineadmin.html

• Alliance for Immunization in Michigan– Aim Toolkit, – http://www.aimtoolkit.org/

What should you have in your office?

• Web access: http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/hcp.htm

• Pink Book 12th edition• Immunization Works CD

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Contact us

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