This section provides links to vaccine-related resources such as publications, tools and practice guidelines and professional and patient education opportunities to help meet immunization needs of safety net patients.

Publications

• Updated Recommendations for Use of Tetanus Toxoid, Reduced Dipththeria Toxoid, and Acellular Pertussis Vaccine (Tdap) in Pregnant Women – Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), 2012 – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• Policy Statement – Recommendations for Prevention and Control of Influenza in Children, 2013-2014 – American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)

 

Tools/Practice Guidelines

Immunization Schedules

• Recommended immunization schedule for persons aged 0 through 18 years- 2013 – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• Recommended Adult Immunization Schedule – American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP)
• Catch-up Immunization schedule for persons aged 4 mos. to 18 years – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

 Immunization Guides and Tools

• Portal on Vacccines and Immunizations – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• Portal on Vaccines and Immunizations in Spanish – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• Recommendations and Guidelines for Vaccines and Immunizations – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• Vaccines and Immunizations for Specific Groups of People – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• Information on Diseases and Vaccines– Immunization Action Coalition (IAC)
• Clinic Resources for Your Vaccine Clinic – Immunization Action Coalition (IAC)
• Ask the Experts from the CDC about vaccines and their administration – Immunization Action Coalition
• Vaccine for Children Program (VFC)-ACIP Vaccine Resolutions – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• Evidence-based Guidelines for Immunizations:  Pediatric and Adolescent (HealthTeamWorks)
• Evidence-based Guidelines for Immunizations: Adult (HealthTeamWorks)
• Interventions and Resources on Immunization and Infectious Diseases – HealthyPeople.gov

Storage and Handling

• Vaccine Storage and Handling Toolkit – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• Web-based training course on vaccine storage and handling – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• Guidelines for Storage and Temperature Monitoring of Refrigerated Vaccines – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• Temperature Excursion Checklist – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• Checklist for Safe Vaccine Storage and Handling – Immunization Action Coalition (IAC)
• Safe Vaccine Tranport – American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)

 

Vaccines

Influenza

• Seasonal Influenza (Flu) for Health Professionals (vaccination, infection control, prevention, treatment, and diagnosis) – CDC
• Seasonal Influenza (Flu) – 2015-2016 Flu Season – CDC
• New Recommendations for the 2015-2016 Flu Season – CDC

Tdap

• Timeline of Combined Tdap Vaccine Recommendations and Summaries –  CDC
• Tdap for Pregnant Women: Information for Providers – CDC
• Pertussis Information – Mayo Clinic
• Tdap Vaccine for Preteens and Teens – CDC
• Information on Tdap and Td Vaccines – National Institutes of Health (NIH)
• Pertussis Fact Sheet/Spanish Version – CDC
• Information Portal on Pertussis – Immunization Action Coalition (IAC)
• A Look at Each Vaccine: Diphtheria, Tetanus and Pertussis Vaccines – Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) Vaccine Education Center

 Hepatitis

• Fact Sheet: The ABCs of Hepatitis – CDC
• Hepatitis A FAQs for Health Professionals – CDC
• Hepatitis B FAQs for Health Professionals – CDC
• Hepatitis C FAQs for Health Professionals – CDC
• Multistate outbreak of hepatitis A virus infections linked to pomegranate seeds from Turkey – CDC

Human Papillomavirus Vaccine (HPV)

• HPV FAQs for Health Care Professionals – CDC
• Recommendations on the Use of Quadrivalent Human Papillomavirus Vaccine in Males – Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), 2011– CDC
• HPV Vaccine Information for Clinicians – Fact Sheet – CDC

Measles, Mumps, and Rubella (MMR/MMR and Varicella MMRV)

• MMR Recommendations – CDC
• MMRV ACIP Vaccine Recommendations – CDC

Pneumonia

• Pneumococcal ACIP Vaccine Recommendations – CDC

Varicella

• Varicella ACIP Vaccine Recommendations – CDC

Herpes Zoster (Shingles)

• Zoster (Shingles) ACIP Vaccine Recommendations – CDC

Professional Education

• Web-based Training Courses – You Call the Shots – CDC
• Vaccines and Immunizations Education and Training for Health Professionals – CDC

Apps

• Influenza (Flu) CDC’s latest recommendations and influenza activity updates for clinicians and other health care professionals – CDC
• ACP Immunization Advisor – American College of Physicians (ACP)

Patient Assistance Programs

• Vaccine for Children Program (VFC): Vaccines for the Uninsured Children – CDC
• Glaxo SmithKline Vaccines Access Program
• Merck Vaccine Patient Assistance Program
• Rabies vaccine and Immune globulin programs for uninsured and underinsured patients – CDC

Patient Education Resources

• CDC Preventing Seasonal Flu with Vaccination 
• CDC Vaccines and Immunizations Patient Education 
• CDC Vaccination Materials in Spanish 
• Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) Vaccine Education Center 
• Immunization Action Coalition (IAC) Vaccine Information for the Public
• National Cancer Institute (NCI) – Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccines
• CDC Vaccination Information Statements (VIS)