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AAP Immunization Webpage
2008 Recommended Immunization Schedules
ACIP Immunization Recommendations
Georgia
Registry of Immunization Transactions and Services (GRITS)
Georgia Vaccines for Children Program (VFC)
Influenza
Immunization Action
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Immunization
Information
For additional information, questions, or concerns
please contact Mike Chaney, Immunization Coordinator at (404) 881-5094 or
mchaney@gaaap.org
News and Updates:
The Chapter’s
EPIC Immunization Education
Program
website
contains current vaccine information statements (VISs), immunization
schedules and useful immunization resources.
Vaccine Information Handout for
Parents The Chapter has created a one-page handout for parents on
vaccines and vaccine safety.
Click here to
download a copy for use in your practice.
An updated list of Georgia
Immunization Program Consultants (IPCs) and their geographic areas of
responsibility is now available. The IPCs are available to assist you
and your staff with VFC and GRITS questions.
Click Here to view this list.
Updates from the
Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) Meeting
June 25-26, 2008 The committee voted to include Pentacel,
Kinrix & Rotarix in the VFC program. More specific
information will be provided by the Georgia Immunization
Program when it becomes available.
Pentacel is a
combination DTaP – IPV – Hib vaccine manufactured by Sanofi
Pasteur. It is licensed for children aged 6 weeks through 4
years. It is indicated for ages 2, 4, 6 and 15-18 months.
Routine polio immunization is recommended at 2, 4, 6-18
months and 4-6 years. Pentacel at 2 ,4, 6 and 15-18 months
would provide 4 valid doses of IPV.
Click
Here to view the Package insert
Kinrix is a combination
DTaP – IPV vaccine manufactured by GlaxoSmithKline. It is
indicated as the fifth dose booster at age 4 to 6 years
following a primary series using Pediarix (DTaP – IPV – Hep
B).
Click
Here to view the package insert
Rotarix is manufactured
by GSK and licensed in April, 2008. Rotarix is to be given
in a 2-dose series at 2 and 4 months of age.
Click
Here to view the package insert
AAP
Refusal to Vaccinate Form Health care providers may
decide it is in their best interest to formally document a
parent's refusal to accept vaccination for a minor child.
This form, which should not be considered a legal document
without advice from a lawyer, may be used as a template for
such documentation.
A Microsoft Word version of the form is available by
clicking here.
New American Academy of
Pediatrics Vaccine Safety Resources
Click here to view
several resources that the AAP has compiled to help answer questions
parents may have about vaccine safety.
Merck Hib Vaccine Recall.
Click Here
for a letter from Merck regarding the Hib vaccine recall. To view a
Chapter blastfax with additional details about this recall,
click here.
Updates from CDC on the Hib
vaccine shortage dated April 23, 2008 is available by
clicking here.
Updates on vaccine
availability will be provided as more information becomes available.
Information on current vaccine supply issues may be found on the
CDC Web site.
Vaccine Cost Study.
The Chapter is working with
CDC on a vaccine cost study to help define the
total cost of providing vaccines to pediatric patients in the private
practice setting. Total costs include labor and overhead costs of
vaccination to pediatric practices. The ratio of vaccine costs to other
practice expenses is considered as well. Results will be analyzed by the
CDC and used to aid policy makers in government and insurance in determining
reimbursement rates for ordering, storing, and administering pediatric and
adolescent vaccines. We are
soliciting members to participate. Please see the Chapter
blast fax for additional information.
The Vaccine Management Business
Improvement Project (VMBIP)
represents the efforts of the National Center for
Immunization and Respiratory Diseases at CDC, state and local immunization
program managers, and an outside consulting group, to improve current
vaccine management processes at the federal, state and local levels. The
goals for the project are to identify opportunities and develop solutions
towards improving efficiency, accountability, and the nation's ability to
respond to public health crises. Please see the Chapter
blast fax
for additional information on VMBIP. Updated VMBIP implementation
information was included in a blastfax sent on January 9, 2008 is available
by
clicking here (scroll to bottom) and a blastfax from June 18, 2008
regarding
VFC Vaccine Shipments and
Returns by clicking
here.
FluMist
is now
approved for children as young as 24 months.
Click here for additional information regarding the
expanded recommendation.
Additional Immunization
Resources
Information
pertaining to the immunization requirements for schools and child care
facilities, policy guidance, the Vaccines for Children Program and the
Georgia Registry of Immunization Transactions and Services (GRITS) can be
found on the
Georgia Immunization Program
website.
For detailed updates on newly licensed vaccines and expanded licensures,
please see the
AAP
Red Book® Online
website.
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