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Issue Number 887

September 7, 2010

CONTENTS OF THIS ISSUE

1. Reminder: August 2010 issues of Needle Tips and Vaccinate

Adults available online

2. New DVD for 2010! " Immunization Techniques: Best

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

California Department of Public Health, Immunization

Branch

3. MMWR publishes ACIP's updated recommendations for

preventing invasive pneumococcal disease among adults

using PPSV23

4. Clarification: Tdap/DTaP chart from last week's IAC

Express includes California-specific recommendations

5. Mandatory influenza vaccination for healthcare workers

called for by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the

Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America

6. AAP releases policy statement on recommendations for

influenza immunization of children

7. IAC updates online " Ask the Experts " Q & A sections related

to influenza, meningococcal, and rabies vaccines and

diseases

8. IAC's Video of the Week features Dr. Snyderman

speaking about California's pertussis outbreak

9. Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine encourages

increased efforts in adolescent immunization

10. NACCHO launches radio campaigns to promote Vaccines for

Children program

11. CDC website adds 2010-11 influenza vaccination print

materials for a variety of audiences

12. Almost 100 million children in China to receive measles

vaccine

13. VISs for influenza and Td/Tdap vaccines now available in

additional languages

14. Reminder: Vaccine Education Center to hold symposium in

Philadelphia on September 25

15. VICNetwork hosts September 23 webinar on communicating

vaccine safety data to parents

16. " CDC Features " educates about the development of

influenza videos for deaf and hard-of-hearing people

17. MMWR announces a Clinical Vaccinology Course scheduled

for November 5-7 in Bethesda, MD

18. PKIDs' September 23 webinar will discuss social media

problems and solutions; September 30 webinar to focus on

traditional media

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