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2011-2012 Influenza (Flu) Vaccine Information for Public Health and Health Care

Get Vaccinated. Stop the Flu.

As a health care professional, you're a trusted source of information. Be the example for your communities and get a yearly flu shot to protect yourself, your patients, and your family. You can also help by reminding patients to get a flu shot as soon as it’s available, wash their hands, cover their cough, and stay home when they're sick.

• Flu News
• Flu Materials and Resources
• Flu Vaccine
• Flu Activity and Vaccination Coverage
• Pregnant Women
• Vaccine Supply and Distribution Information
• Clinical Guidance and Forms
• Recommendations
• Flu Communication Information
• Resources

• Washington State Flu Updates (PDF, 192KB) (Department of Health) A summary of flu activity in our state
• Flu Activity and Surveillance (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Influenza Vaccination Coverage (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

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• Help Protect Pregnant and Post-Partum Women from the Flu (PDF, 71KB) A letter to health care providers from State Health Officer Maxine Hayes
• Impact of Maternal Immunization on Influenza Hospitalizations in Infants, June 2011. Katherine A. Poehling et al. (PDF, 573KB) (American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology)
• Joint Influenza and Pregnancy Letter (PDF, 260KB) (Department of Health and Human Services)

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• Flu Season 2011-2012 Supply and Distribution
• Immunization Guidelines for the Use of State-Supplied Vaccine (PDF, 97KB) July 1, 2011 (Department of Health)
• Seasonal Influenza Vaccine Distributors (PDF, 35KB) Aug. 2011

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• 2011-2012 Flu Vaccine Information Statements
• 2011-2012 Influenza Antiviral Medications: Summary for Clinicians
• Key Information About Flu Vaccination, Infection Control, Prevention, Treatment, and Flu Diagnosis
• Seasonal Influenza Vaccine Dosage and Administration

Department of Health

• Multiple Signature Logs:
  • Influenza (PDF, 32KB)
  • Pneumococcal Polysaccharide (PDF, 27KB)
• Vaccine Administration Record (use in place of the generic Multiple Signature Log)

Food and Drug Administration

• High-Dose Influenza Vaccine (65 and older)
• Influenza Virus Vaccine Safety and Availability (including package inserts)

Immunization Action Coalition

• Declination of Influenza Vaccination (PDF, 52KB)
• Guide for Doses for Kids Six Months to Eight Years (PDF, 63KB)
• Screening Questionnaire for Injectable Influenza Vaccination (PDF, 71KB)
• Screening Questionnaire for Intranasal Influenza Vaccination (PDF, 82KB)
• Standing Orders for Administering Influenza Vaccine to Adults (PDF, 60KB)
• Standing Orders for Administering Influenza Vaccine to Children and Adolescents (PDF, 63KB)

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• Prevention and Control of Influenza with Vaccines: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, 2011 (August 26, 2011 / 60(33);1128-1132)
• Recommendations for Using CSL Seasonal Influenza Vaccine (Afluria)

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• Flu Vaccine Effectiveness for Health Professionals (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Flu Communication Information (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Honor Roll for Patient Safety (Immunization Action Coalition)
• Influenza Vaccination Information for Health Care Workers (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• The Importance of Flu Vaccination for Health Care Personnel (Food and Drug Administration)

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Immunization Action Coalition of Washington

• Influenza Immunization Toolkit 2010-2011: Helping Promote Influenza Immunization Among Health Care Workers. The toolkit has resources for planning your health care worker immunization efforts, ready-made promotional materials, and clinical guidelines.
• Workplace Influenza Toolkit. The toolkit has resources to help you organize and promote a workplace flu vaccination day.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• Information for Health Professionals

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

• Adult Immunization Resources for Providers
   

Last Update: 12/28/2011 12:16 PM