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"OH MY GOD, this website helps me a lot. I
read in Burmese language what is those vaccine really mean with all
detail. Now I understand more about it. Thank a lot to help our
community with translate with different languages. It really helpful
for everyone, who not born in U.S. God Bless you guys, to support us."
A.M., MA, Hope Clinic, February 12,
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"As an occupational health nurse working
collaboratively with the infection preventionist, the IAC is very
informative and keeps me updated with the most recent information."
T.P., BSN, RN, Gottlieb Memorial
Hospital, Melrose Park, IL, January 16, 2013 |
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"I would like to request a slide set copy
of Quick Answers to Tough Questions: Vaccine Talking Points for Busy
Health Professionals. I find the information in it clear and concise
and I will use some portions to teach our pediatric residents."
J.R.O., MD, MS/HSA, FAAP, medical
director, Pediatric Care Center/After Hours Program, Miami Children's
Hospital, Miami, FL, January 9, 2013 |
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Thank you for all the work and assistance
you provide to us and our immunization partners. It is very much
appreciated!"
K.S., RN, BA, coordinator, Tulsa Area
Immunization Coalition, OK, December 17, 2012 |
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"Immunize.org Staff, I have admired and
supported your work for years..."
C.C., RN, MS, CIC, FSHEA, director,
infection prevention and control, Main Line Health System, Lankenau
Medical Center, Wynnewood, PA, November 8, 2012 |
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"Thank you for all the good works."
B.G., MD, Presbyterian Intercommunity
Hospital, Whittier, CA, October 25, 2012 |
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"I use [your handouts] all the time for
patient and staff education."
K.C.J., RN, Saint Vincent Health
Center/Elk Valley Medical, Girard, PA, October 18, 2012 |
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"...I also want to thank you for the
amazing website that you have developed. It's incredibly informative
and I use it every day. Your handouts are amazing...."
M.H., MD, pediatrician, Wheaton
Franciscan Healthcare-All Saints, Racine, WI, October 17, 2012 |
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Thank you! This [To Err is Human slide
set] is an invaluable tool."
M.P., RN, immunization program manager,
Greene County Combined Health District, OH, September 26, 2012 |
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"The CHP staff plan to use the Photo
Collection of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases as a resource when
discussing or presenting information on vaccine-preventable diseases.
The slide of the spread of sputum during a cough is a very useful tool
when discussing cough etiquette. In addition and fortunately, most
parents do not know what whooping cough looks like so any time we can
use a visual to demonstrate the obvious benefit of a vaccine, it helps
everyone understand the necessity of a vaccination. Thank you for
providing the resource."
D.V.P., RN, BSN, Community Health
Services Director, Community Health Partners of Sioux County, Orange
City, IA, September 4, 2012 |
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"Thank you for making these power points
available. Please send power points of the Photo Collection of Vaccine
Preventable Diseases, To Err is Human, Not to Err is Better, and Quick
Answers to Tough Questions. These are so clear and will help as we
educate on needs for immunizations."
A.G.T., BSN, RN, MMI Coordinator,
September 4, 2012 |
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"Greetings IAC--Thank you for the
wonderful and extremely helpful publications you have available
online. I frequently utilize them..."
A.H., RN, PHN, Immunization Program
Coordinator, Mason County Health Department, Havana, IL, August 30,
2012 |
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"Please let me know when
your influenza documents are updated for this year's flu season as
your information is a wonderful resource!"
K.K., RN, BSN, Employee
Occupational Health & Wellness, Hennepin County Medical Center,
Minneapolis, MN, July 31, 2012 |
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"We have previously
ordered some pneumonia pocket guides from your web site. They were
free of charge and our providers ordered a very minimal amount not
knowing if they would be used in clinic very often. Needless to say,
they are being used and they love them! How can I go about getting
additional ones ordered for us?"
B.B., administrative specialist,
UVA Medical Center, VA, July 30, 2012 |
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"How to Administer
Intramuscular (IM) Vaccine Injections and Subcutaneous (SC) Vaccine
Injections is very well done and would provide nurses with a helpful
review of acceptable vaccine sites."
B.L., DNP, FNP, Assistant
Professor, College of Nursing, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT,
July 4, 2012 |
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"Thank you all for always
being there for us vaccinators and educators!! Have a safe and
enjoyable holiday!! You are all the BOMB!! (Thought that was an
appropriate analogy for the 4th of July) BIG RESPECT!!"
R.A., Education Division, MILVAX,
Office of the Surgeon General, Falls Church, VA, July 3, 2012 |
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"We really like your handout entitled
Personal belief exemptions for vaccination put people at risk. Examine
the evidence for yourself. We'd like to include this document in a
packet of resources that we send to school nurses with their
immunization survey each year..."
K.S. , Massachusetts Department of
Public Health, June 25, 2012 |
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"Your new staff education piece titled
Current Dates of VISs is the best thing since sliced bread (it doesn't
take much to make me happy!) Thanks."
S.W., RN, BSN, MA, public health nurse,
Pomperaug Health District, Southbury, CT, June 25, 2012 |
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"I love this tool [Do I Need Any
Vaccinations Today?] and often use it for educating adults."
N.S., RN, public health nurse,
Allegheny County Health Department, PA, April 27, 2012 |
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"Thank you for your great resources."
N.H., manager of programs, National
Education Health Information Network, Washington DC, April 24, 2012 |
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"We are all immunizing pharmacists here
and I believe your publications are very informational and will help
to keep our staff informed on all of the issues."
M.C., PharmD, Walgreens, Lincoln, NE,
April 21, 2012 |
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"The resources you have online are really
wonderful."
C.B., director, Primary Care &
Physician Network Services, Community Care, Inc., Milwaukee, WI, April
16, 2012 |
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"I want to thank you so much for IAC. As
someone said today, IAC is like the bible of immunizations. I know I
used all your resources on a daily basis, and used IAC as my #1
resource to all my colleagues, when I was working as immunization
coordinator for Kipsap County in Washington State."
J.K., April 4, 2102 |
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"The information that you provide is
timely (including PowerPoint) and very beneficial for clinicians.
Thank you very much!"
R.C., PharmD, BCPS, CDE,
Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, March 13, 2012 |
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"You have excellent information sheets to
hand out to patients on hepatitis, etc."
S.P., RN, urgent care supervisor,
Poudre Valley Health System-Greeley Medical Clinic, Greeley, CO,
February 28, 2012 |
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"This is such a great handout for
patients/laypersons [Vaccinations for Adults]."
A.S., RN, UCSD Student Health Service,
La Jolla, CA, February 7, 2012 |
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"This is WONDERFUL! [Quick Answers to
Tough Questions presentation] Thank you!"
S.C.S., MSM, CHES, executive director,
Indiana Immunization Coalition, Indianapolis, IN, February 2, 2012 |
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"I want to thank you and the rest of the
IAC staff for your publication Personal belief exemptions for
vaccination put people at risk. Examine the evidence for yourself. I
can't even count the number of times we have used that publication
here. Just over this last week we have used it a lot. It has been very
helpful!"
E.D., Program Manager, West Virginia
Immunization Network, Center for Rural Health Development, Hurricane,
WV, January 26, 2012 |
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"These handouts are great teaching tools!
[writing about After the Shots...]
J.N., RN, Kentucky Department for
Public Health, January 26, 2012 |
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"Thank you for the excellent resources to
make our life easier and our patient care safer!"
T.N., U.S. Army, January 25, 2012 |
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"I have a supply of adult immunization
records that have your origination name on them, but I am having a
difficult time finding out how to order more of them. My adult clients
really like them because they are small and fit in a wallet. Could you
direct me to where I can get more?"
B.F., RN, BSN, Yamhill County Public
Health, McMinnville, OR, December 30, 2011 |
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"Thanks for all the great work you do."
C.R., RN, MS, Public Health Supervisor,
Madison & Dane County, WI, December 29, 2011 |
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"As Immunization Consultant for Yakima
County I need up-to-date information on immunizations. The patient and
staff handouts are very helpful."
C.D., BSN, Yakima Health District,
Union Gap, WA, December 28, 2011 |
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"Your resources offered are of
immeasurable importance to us. We refer to your resources often.
Thanks for all you do at IAC to support nurses out here in the field!"
K.K., RN, nurse administrator, Clark
County Health Department, Winchester, KY, December 20, 2011 |
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"I am using these materials to teach
medical assistants how to administer injections and to educate them on
vaccinations. Your handouts are clear and easy to understand--perfect
for this purpose!"
H.M., RN, RMA, LXMO, AHI, medical
assisting extern coordinator, Keiser University, Port St. Lucie, FL,
December 13, 2011 |
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"Oh yes! I would love it if you could send
the PowerPoint [version of A Photo Collection of Vaccine-Preventable
Diseases] to me. That would be soooo helpful. Your presentation of
information was a real eye-opener to how serious good health practices
need to be. THANK YOU for your help! Thank you, thank you, THANK
YOU!!!!"
P.O., November 18, 2011 |
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"I really liked your handout for patients
called Keep your kids safe--get them vaccinated every fall or winter!"
K.V., Lead RN, Family Health Centers,
Brewster, WA, November 3, 2011 |
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"I have just started working in a student
health center that also functions as a travel clinic and I have been
giving a ton of vaccines. Your resources have been very helpful."
A.R., RN, University of Oregon, October
7, 2011 |
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"Thank you for the wonderful vaccination
pocket guides that were provided free of charge!"
C.J., RN, Loyola University, MD,
October 5, 2011 |
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"That was wonderful [link to
Recommendations for Pneumococcal Vaccine Use in Children]. Thank you
so much."
M.H., Blair Medical Associates, PA,
October 4, 2011 |
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"Thank you to IAC for all of the terrific
work you do and resources you provide."
D.S., Education & Training Manager,
Alaska Immunization Program, Anchorage, AK, September 27, 2011 |
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"I appreciate all the work you all do in
providing these important resources."
A.M., LVN, AAHA, Metro
Health-Immunization Outreach & Education Program, San Antonio, TX,
September 27, 2011 |
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"Your resources are used by my students
and myself to encourage immunization of adults and children in
community health settings."
L.S., RNC, PhD, professor of nursing,
University of Louisiana at Monroe, Monroe, LA, September 14, 2011 |
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"I absolutely love your resource item
#P4072 Influenza Products for the 2010-2011 Season which also shows
how to administer. Do you know if this will be updated for the
2011-2012 season to include intradermal flu? [yes] "
J.G., RN, Immunization Program Manager,
Dayton & Montgomery County Public Health, Dayton, OH, August 24, 2011 |
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"Thank you for ALL your resources. We use
MANY of them. I also refer our local physicians to your website."
J.M., BSN, RN, Henry County Health
Department, Napoleon, OH, August 23, 2011 |
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"We greatly value and appreciate your
organization and all you do."
P.T., RN, BSN, Community Immunization
Services, Riviera Beach, FL, August 2, 2011 |
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"First I would like to commend you for the
wonderful work you do and for the phenomenal resources you provide
through your website. I use the Ask the Experts section a fair amount
to assist in answering questions regarding various immunization
scenarios. . ."
K.M.W., BS, RN, MSN, ECH Immunization
Program Coordinator, Mayo Clinic Rochester Campus, Rochester, MN, July
18, 2011 |
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"THANKS for all the great work and
resources that IAC provides!"
D.S., Coordinator, Vaccinate Alaska
Coalition, Anchorage, AK, July 12, 2011 |
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"Info from you guys is always so user
friendly."
S.F., MD, Immunization and Epidemiology
Consultant, Mississippi State Department of Health, July 11, 2011 |
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"We at the South Dakota Department of
Health truly appreciate all the efforts of those who work with and for
the Immunization Action Coalition. We use your resources daily."
P.S., South Dakota Department of
Health, July 6, 2011 |
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"First off, I would like to congratulate
the IAC on the publishing of such a useful handbook [Adults Only
Vaccination: A Step-by-Step Guide]. It is easy to read, comprehensive,
provides links to more specific sources of information, and organizes
the necessary steps of coordinating, maintaining, and even funding the
adult immunization programs of private physicians, beautifully. I want
to thank you again for the enormous amount of work the IAC has
invested in educating medical professionals and the public in the
importance of immunization."
B.S., BS, intern, Palm Beach Health
Department, FL, June 27, 2011 |
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"IAC is a wonderful source of information
on rules and regulations, injections, up-to-date information. The list
of how valuable your information is to me in my work is indescribable.
Thank you IAC."
C.M., LPN, Missouri Highlands Health
Care, Ellington, MO, June 24, 2011 |
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"I used the slides [A Photo Collection of
Vaccine-Preventable Diseases] in a presentation to nurses doing extra
education in infection prevention and control. I had some CDC slides
and your pictures of vaccine-preventable diseases complemented them
very well. Thanks."
J.B., MD, Kaiser Permanente, Santa
Clara, CA, June 13, 2011 |
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"We have an International Travel clinic
serving a diverse population. Interpreted materials in African
languages are extremely helpful."
M.T.M., Clinic Manager, International
Travel Clinic, Minneapolis, MN, June 6, 2011 |
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"We have found your standing
orders to be extremely valuable."
N.B., RN, BSN, CCM, UHS
Occupational Medicine, NY, May 19, 2011 |
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"I love that IAC has pieces available
in so many languages. No one else has done that, and it's a valuable
service."
PKIDS, Vancouver, WA, May
12, 2011 |
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"I purchased the CA immunization DVD
and use it with my medical students and new staff. A great time saver
and very complete!"
R.D., MD, FAAP, Okaloosa,
IA, March 17, 2011 |
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"Your Vaccinations for Adults handout
is wonderful. We would like to use the layout idea and majority of the
content for our clinic handouts and on our website, but adapt it in
some places for our (Canadian) use... As I'm looking through your
website, I am noticing many other great resources and am thinking
there will be other handouts that we will wish to adapt as well..."
S.R., RN, BScN, Vaccine
Preventable Diseases program, Grey Bruce Health Unit, Ontario, Canada,
March 1, 2011 |
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"I am giving a presentation in June
for the Kansas Academy of Family Physicians about vaccine refusal and
would like to use your slides: Quick Answers to Tough Question. I
think they are wonderful and complete."
P.S., MD, AAP Vice-Chair for
District VI, Vice-Chair of Education, Department of Pediatrics,
University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, February 3, 2011 |
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"Thank you for all you do to
provide excellent resources; I use them often..."
P.F., Perinatal Hepatitis B
Coordinator, Michigan Department of Community Health, January 25, 2011 |
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"I cannot thank you enough
for this website. I have been able to restructure our entire
vaccination process with your help and screening tools. I really found
the site to be educational and a wonderful resource, especially
working in such a small, rural hospital I needed the insight... Again,
our vaccine compliance [for influenza vaccine] went from 62% to 100%
with the help of your form and wisdom. Thank you."
C.B., RN, ACS Unit Manager, WMH,
Berkeley Springs, WV, January 17, 2011 |
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"The new piece for admission
orders for hospitals on the birth dose is a good piece. I feel it
emphasizes more communication between hospital, parent, and primary
care provider. In my experience, there seems to be a fair amount of
breakdown between communication from hospital to pediatrician with the
birth dose of hepatitis B. I also like the piece because it emphasizes
early on about pvst 9-18 months with parents. Thanks for this piece."
S.J., RN, MN, Olympia, WA,
December 21, 2010 |
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"I find your resources very
informative and helpful."
T.M., RN, Nursing Program
Specialist, Child Care/School Health Coordinator, Lee County Health
Department, FL, December 8, 2010 |
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"Thank you for being a
superb resource."
P.M., RN, LSW, MBA, CIC,
Pharmacology Nurse Coordinator, Anesthesiology Institute, The
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, December 7, 2010 |
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"Thanks for sending these
[influenza pocket guides] out; they will be very helpful to our agency."
P.H., RN, Duplin County Health
Department, Kenansville, NC, October 19, 2010 |
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"My physicians and staff love these
pocket guides and I want to know if I can order more. Please advise, and
thank you!"
K.F., LVN, BSHA, Employee Health
Manager, Citrus Valley Health Partners, West Covina, CA, September 24, 2010 |
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"Thank you so much for this
valuable free tool [pocket guide]. I find that it is used and enjoyed by
both nurses and physicians at our facility."
E.M., RN, MS, Clinical Quality Review
Manager, Howard County General Hospital, Columbia, MD, September 17, 2010 |
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"I wanted to thank you for all the
hard work and the great job you do in promoting immunizations and keeping
healthcare professionals informed. Your organization is an invaluable
resource for me... Thank you again for all your efforts--they are greatly
appreciated."
J.M., RN, BSN, Primary Care Partners,
Grand Junction, CO, September 2, 2010 |
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"I use your Summary of
Recommendations for Childhood and Adolescent Immunization as a reference
tool... It is a reference tool that I use almost daily to refer to interval
of vaccines. Thank you."
M.D., DO, Florida Hospital East
Orlando, Orlando, FL, August 23, 2010 |
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"Thank you. We hadn't seen that
particular table [Recommendations for Pneumococcal Vaccine Use in Children],
which makes it quite clear."
K.H., Randolph Elkins Health
Department, Elkins, WV, August 20, 2010 |
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"We LOVE the influenza vaccine
products sheet that you sent out yesterday in the IAC Express. We especially
like the administration info. It is simple and well written."
J.W., RN, BSN, Immunization Nurse
Educator, Michigan Department of Community Health, August 17, 2010 |
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"I work in a family practice where we
immunize children and adults. Often times I have referred to your
publication on who needs what."
P.T.., FNP, Phoenix, AZ, July 11, 2010 |
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"Thanks much for your great help to
us concerning vaccine issues past, present, and future!"
J.W., MD, Medical Director of
Physician Services, Norton Healthcare, KY, August 3, 2010 |
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"Thanks for the excellent work that IAC
does. Your team does a fantastic job of promoting immunization!"
R.F., Michigan Department of Community
Health Immunization Program, June 10, 2010 |
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"Will you be offering the pocket
guides for influenza and pneumococcal vaccines again this year? They were a
big hit with my hospital last year and we are hoping to utilize this
educational opportunity again this year. Any information would be greatly
appreciated. Thank you and have a wonderful day."
J.M., RN, Infection Control
Practitioner, Fountain Valley Regional Hospital, Fountain Valley, CA, May
26, 2010 |
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"Thank you for all the materials
you produce. They make our jobs much easier."
K.D., BSN, RN, Grand Forks Public
Health, ND, May 4, 2010 |
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"Thank you so much for making the MMR VIS
available in Yiddish. We are one of the communities that has been working
closely with the CDC."
B.P., RN, MT, Ezras Choilim Health
Center, Monroe, NY, March 23, 2010 |
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"Thank you for the availability of several
Indonesian translations of VISs in the latest edition of IAC Express. It
means and helps so much for us to disseminate vaccine information to
everyone who wishes to look for VISs in Bahasa Indonesian."
J.S., MD, MScPH, PhD, GAVI Indonesian
Secretariat, MOH, Jakarta, Indonesia, February 1, 2010 |
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"Thank you for the influenza vaccine
products chart."
A.W., MSN, RN, Director, Immunization
Education Program, PA Chapter, AAP, Media, PA, January 5, 2010 |
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"We do vaccinations as a public health
agency. I have been planning and utilizing mass vaccine clinics for H1N1
vaccine distribution. Up-to-date vaccine information is essential for us and
our patient population. Your quantity of translated information is very
helpful to us."
James Sosa, MA, public health nurse,
Brazos County Helath Dept, Bryan, TX, December 30, 2009 |
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"I just looked at the Quick Answers to Tough
Questions PowerPoint presentation. It is VERY good and I thank you for
putting it together. I plan to distribute it to our work groups and our
e-newsletter recipients (~1,000 public health professionals)..."
P.E., DrPH, MPH, Senior Analyst,
Washington, DC, December 9, 2009 |
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"Wonderful, thank you so much
[about availability of H1N1 influenza VIS in Karen]. I'll take it to the
clinic tomorrow, it should be very popular..."
C.B., Saskatchewan, Canada, November
7, 2009 |
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"This [influenza pocket guide] is
an invaluable tool utilized by the professional health staff throughout our
county."
V.B., Immunization Specialist, San
Joaquin County Public Health, Stockton, CA, October 20, 2009 |
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"Thank you. You do such a fabulous
job keeping us up-to-date with the best handouts."
M.P., Coastal Health District Immunization Coordinator, Savannah, GA,
October 2, 2009 |
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"Providers and nurses think these
[influenza and PPSV pocket guides] are very useful; we have an older version
and they requested new ones."
J.N., Medical Clinic Coordinator,
Scenic Bluffs Community Health Center, Cashton, WI, October 2, 2009 |
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"Our facility loved these [influenza and
PPSV pocket guides] for our physicians and nursing staff. We have core
measures in place to vaccinate appropriate groups and these are great
reminders."
T.P., ICP, Medical Center of
Arlington, Arlington, TX, September 21, 2009 |
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"I will be giving the [influenza
and pneumococcal] guides out to all of my nursing staff. I have done this in
the past, the nurses find them convenient to answer patient or family
member's questions and to reinforce their knowledge of the vaccine."
R.J., Clinical Services Coordinator,
Wingate Health Care, Fishkill, NY, September 11, 2009 |
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"We have the influenza and pneumococcal
pocket guides. They are an excellent and handy resource during influenza
season. Would you ever consider creating pocket guides for the other
vaccines we give? Thank you for everything you produce!"
K.D., BSN, RN, Grand Forks Public
Health, Grand Forks, ND, September 4, 2009 |
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"We have found the pocket guides are a great
addition to our Core Measure Pneumonia Education for staff. We hold classes,
e-learning, and use the pocket guides as the staff's personal reference
tool. We screen for influenza as we screen for the pneumonia vaccine.
Nursing, pharmacy and physicians use them."
P.E., Clinical Outcomes Coordinator,
Wesley Long Community Hospital, Greensboro, NC, September 1, 2009 |
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"I am writing to ask of you would send me
the flu and pneumococcal vaccination pocket guides. My practitioners love
your guides and we are expecting more of the population to be requesting flu
vaccination than ever before. I have been using your pocket guides since the
2003-04 flu season and we all appreciate the work you do in producing this
easy-to-use guide."
K.S., RN, Director of Nursing,
Presbyterian Medical Services, Checkerboard Area Health System, Cuba, NM,
September 1, 2009 |
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"Our office frequently consults these
[influenza pocket guides] during the day to confirm recommendations when
ordering the influenza vaccine. I love it and have handed it out to my staff
for the last few years!"
C.M., CMA, Swedish Physician Division
Greenlake, Seattle, WA, August 20, 2009 |
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"I visit your website frequently. The
information and materials for printing are extremely helpful."
B.H., PharmD, Lacey Drug Company,
Acworth, GA, July 31, 2009 |
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"[The influenza pocket guide is]
invaluable for training VNA staff and particularly student nurses who work
with us at VNA public flu clinics. There is such confusion over the PPSV,
the PPSV guides provide excellent clarification for teaching."
A.Z., Monterey, CA, July 9, 2009 |
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"[Pocket Guide] This is one of the most
useful tools we have for educating current staff and physicians as well as
our new residents. With each orientation each of them is given a guide for
their pockets or clip boards. Preceptors review it with orientees and our
policy of screening and vaccinating all eligible patients has risen
dramatically. I can't tell you how invaluable these guides are for concise,
accurate information at a glance. No one will take the time to look all that
up or go to another source. Please continue with both of these guides!"
C.B., RN, Clinical Effectiveness
Coordinator, Providence Sacred Health Medical Center, Spokane, WA, June 9,
2009 |
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"Thank you so much for sharing this great
material! [Declination of Influenza Vaccine Form to be reprinted in a manual
for hospitals]"
J.C., MS, May 26, 2009 |
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"A few years we implemented a screen, test,
vaccinate program for our (many) International students from countries
endemic for hepatitis B. Your publications and printed information were
tremendous resources, and made our job of educating staff and patients so
much easier. I used the Ask the Experts hepatitis B material not only to
find answers to our own questions but also to help spread the word among my
college health colleagues. So, thank you again, and keep up the great work!"
B.D., APRN, FNP, Wesleyan University,
Middletown, CT, May 13, 2009 |
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"Your publications are indispensible. We use
your copy-ready forms such as the immunization questionnaire--it keeps us
up-to-date in an easy-to-understand format."
C.G., LVN, Brooke Army Medical Center,
Ft Sam, Houston, TX, April 16, 2009 |
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"Your publications keep me up to date in a
quick and easy way. I have used your downloadable handouts, etc, for years
and find them extremely helpful for parents and staff."
L.E., MS, APN/CPNP, Advocate Hope
Chren's Hospital, Oak Lawn, IL, April 8, 2009 |
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"I am a school nurse who reviews
immunization records of all enrolling students. Many times, parents need
additional information about immunization recommendations, and I find your
materials the most comprehensive and readable."
K.C., San Gabriel, CA, March 30, 2009 |
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"I love your publications as a way to keep
myself current on most recent vaccine information and we use your materials
to educate our patients on the truth about vaccines. I also greatly
appreciate your Spanish materials as I care for many families that speak
little English."
L.S., MD, Pediatrician, QuadMed
Clinics, West Allis, WI, February 2, 2009 |
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"I work in an alternative school where the
majority of the population is of limited means, immigrants, etc. Current
information is vital and I have always found your material helpful;
especially those items available in Spanish."
H.W., BSN, Kent County Alternative
Programs, Dover, DE, January 23, 2009 |
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"'When Do Children and Teens Need
Vaccinations' is wonderful. I use it in training staff all the time. Thank
you for all you do."
T.S., Clinical Coordinator, Medical
Clinic of North Texas, North Richland Hills, TX, December 4, 2008 |
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"We are very grateful for all the many
materials that you provide. Thanks for all your commitment and
productivity."
K.E., RN, MSN, Larimer County
Department of Health and Environment, Fort Collins, CO, December 1, 2008 |
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"As a pediatric infectious diseases
specialist and a pediatric hospitalist, I will use the influenza pocket
guides as an effective tool to educate medical students, pediatric and
family medicine residents in training as well as nursing staff. Also,
because of their size, they can become quite useful at point-of-care. A
great pocket guide with practical utility! Thanks."
S.M., MD, Legacy Emanuel Children's
Hospital, Portland, OR, November 19, 2008 |
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"I am an immunizing trainer for a chain here
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Racine, WI, November 12, 2008 |
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"I work for the Immunization Action Plan as
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information."
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in clinic caring for children aged 0-18, and as a medical director tasked to
educate students aged 3-18 and their families, your publications are
essential to keeping abreast of the latest immunization updates. Very
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2008 |
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Medical Center, Vail, CO, October 23, 2008 |
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2008 |
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R.C., MPH, Alameda County Immunization
Assistance Project, Oakland, CA, September 16, 2008 |
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"Thank you so much,
Iowa Nurses Association will share these [influenza pocket guides] at our
convention in October. Your help is appreciated. We also have an RN who has
contacted us with concerns about the effectiveness of annual flu vaccines
and I will refer her to this website, as there is a wealth of information
here. Enjoy your summer."
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for us!"
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Hepatitis B Coordinator, North Carolina Department of Health and Human
Services, Raleigh, NC, July 15, 2008 |
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Education Specialist, Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters, Norfolk,
VA, July 9, 2008 |
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The Neonatal Intensive Unit at Rady Children's Hospital is using your wonderful parent education materials for vaccine information. We are currently using the Immunizations for Babies handout as part of our discharge educational materials. It is so great to be able to have up-to-date, thorough information at our fingertips. We pride ourselves on providing our families with quality materials and education and these handouts provide a much needed resource of information for our families. Thank you.”
E.L., RN, BSN, San Diego, CA, June 25, 2008 |
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“I use the declination form you created for flu and love it. Thank you for all the assistance and support you provide. We use your materials every day.”
M.P., Immunization Coordinator, Georgia Department of Human Resources, June 10, 2008 |
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“Your organization is certainly one of the ‘premier' resources that I recommend to immunization folks for reliable, up-to-date resources for practitioners and training.”
F.B., PhD, MSEd, Professor & Director, Division of Behavioral Research and Community Health, Department of Pediatrics at Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA, June 2, 2008 |
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“Thank you for such an informative website. I especially appreciate the Tylenol and Motrin dosing chart. Thank you.”
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“I am the educator for 17 practices associated with a community hospital- -the information from this website is invaluable in orienting and updating staff.”
D.J., RN, Educator, Lourdes Hospital, Bighamton, NY, February 26, 2008 |
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E.T., LPN, Gallatin Children's Clinic, Gallatin, TN, February 25, 2008 |
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“I am a NP student and am always looking at your website. These are valuable resources.”
K.D., RN, MSN, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, February 19, 2008 |
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“Thanks for all you do for us family docs.”
D.F., MD, FAAFP, Oak Ridge, TN, February 2, 2008 |
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“Thank you for your support and permission to use Immunization Action Coalition content within the material we develop for the clinics. Your organization is doing great work and we're just one beneficiary of your efforts.”
J.D., Manager, Target Clinic, Target Corporation, Minneapolis, MN, February 1, 2008 |
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“Thank you so much for you organization and website. It is the best website for immunization information on the web. Here at Walter Reed, we use your standing orders, information sheets, your wonderful VISs in different languages, your information sheets on various vaccination information—nice and concise to place at every vaccination station—actually everything!!! The patients love your information on vaccines and vaccine-preventable diseases! Your website is on everyone's ‘favorites' web browser list. Keep up the good work. You save us so much time doing all the written work for us! Thanks.”
L.C., Nurse Practitioner, Allergy & Immunology, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC, January 3, 2008 |
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| “Good morning, we utilize this [Summary of Recommendations for Childhood and Adolescent Immunization] in our clinic operations, nationwide at MinuteClinic… We truly appreciate all of the hard work you do in regards to vaccination!!” |
| A.A., MinuteClinic, Minneapolis, MN, December 19, 2007 |
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| “I am assisting the North Dallas Shared Ministries Free Medical Clinic with some forms updates. One of the forms we are using is your Screening Questionnaire for Child and Teen Immunization…We genuinely appreciate the services you provide to all of us.” |
| E.D., North Dallas Shared Ministries, Dallas, TX, December 17, 2007 |
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| “The Visiting Nurse Association of Colorado Springs provides approximately 17,000 flu and pneumococcal shots to the community. The pocket guides would be a benefit to our 40+ caregivers. [After receiving email about fulfilling this request] Thank you. I really appreciate it. The cards are very handy for the caregivers and our flu clinics.” |
| D.G., Assistant Division Manager, Visiting Nurse Association, Colorado Springs, CO, October 18, 2007 |
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| “As I said, I don't know what I would do without all of the wonderful materials you have. Just thought you would like to know I used the Shots for Babies handout AGAIN today at a library program and provided the parents with the web address so they could read stories about children with vaccine-preventable diseases… Those stories are the only way I have to bring home the reality of vaccine-preventable disease since most parents do not think these diseases exist any more…[later] And I used the Shots for Babies AGAIN at another library today. One mother commented, 'Why can't my pediatrician make it simple like this!' How's that for a testimonial!!” |
| M.K., RN-CS, CPNP, Suffolk County Department of Health Services, Hauppauge, NY, October 14 and 15, 2007 |
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| “The pocket cards are wonderful. I love the patient education talking points. I was nearly attacked at school when I distributed them. EVERYONE wanted them. My department chairman would like to send them out to all students/faculty at our clinical sites...." |
| K.K., University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, October 8, 2007 |
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| “We received these guides [Influenza and PPV Pocket Guides] and found them to be so popular on our nursing units that we would like more." |
| C.K., RN, Quality Coordinator, Olympic Medical Center, Port Angeles, WA, October 5, 2007 |
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| “All staff in our family practice use them [Influenza and PPV Pocket Guides] as a guideline for answering questions/guidelines for the influenza vaccine. Fantastic aid to us. Thank you!” |
| C.M., Clinical Back Office Lead, Swedish Physicians Greenlake, Seattle, WA, October 3, 2007 |
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| “I manage 5 clinics in rural NM. We are planning our flu shot clinics and my practitioners love your pocket guides. My 5 clinics are 100 miles from the nearest hospital and our population lives on the Navajo Reservation & in the Jemez mountains in rural northern NM.” |
| K.S., Director of Nursing, Presbyterian Medical Services, Cuba, NM, October 2, 2007 |
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| “We are a Pediatric Office… I found the information invaluable.” |
| L.G., MD, Milburn, NJ, July 28, 2007 |
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| “The [PPV] guide helps practitioners remember to order, provides guidelines for ordering, and provides education to the nurses administering the vaccine which helps to prevent errors and promote resident education. Excellent product and is used year round!!” |
| L.P., Infection Control Practitioner, Tucker Nursing Care Center, Columbia, SC, July 24, 2007 |
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| “[re-subscribing] I received this publication at my previous place of employment and found it most informative and helpful.” |
| D.M., DO, Hendricks, MN, July 16, 2007 |
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| “The Influenza Pocket guides are an excellent reference for our flu nurses and especially useful for the nursing students who volunteer at our public flu clinics. Orientation lecture is presented to all new flu nurses and students, these pocket guides reinforce what we teach and gives them a resource for review. We had a limited number last year and would love to have one for each nursing participant in our public influenza campaign.” |
| A.Z., VNA Community Services Program Manager, Central Coast Visiting Nurse Association, Monterey, CA, July 15, 2007 |
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| “I service the Presbyterian Physician, pharmacy and nursing staff prior to flu shot season. They loved the cards [Influenza Pocket Guide] last year, I ran out and needed more.” |
| A.A., Primary Care Clinical Pharmacy Coordinator, Presbyterian Healthcare Services, Albuquerque, NM, July 9, 2007 |
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| “I find your free print materials very handy, especially for standing orders. Could you add standing orders for hepatitis A immune globulin? And any other IG standing orders like varicella? Thank you so much.” |
| M.S., RN, MSN, Director of Nursing, Hendricks County Health Department, Danville, IN, June 28, 2007 |
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| “We give these [flu and PPV] guides to incoming residents. We find them to be very helpful and informative.” |
| R.C., Administrative Assistant, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-Shreveport Quality Management, Shreveport, LA, June 27, 2007 |
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| “Our agency does large flu and pneumonia clinics for our community with seasonal PRN nurses. These guides make excellent reference material for our PRN nurses. I place them at all the stations.” |
| L.P., RN, Wesley Community Services, Des Moines, IA, June 22, 2007 |
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| “Thanks for all the great patient education and provider clinic staff and resource materials you have available. You are by far the best immunization resource website! … Thanks again, we truly appreciate all your hard work.” |
| S.A., RNC, PHN, Whatcom County Health Department, Bellingham, WA, June 12, 2007 |
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| “I am already receiving all of your fabulous publication!! I use them frequently and appreciate all the great information. I also love your website and print and use many of your free print materials for patient education. Keep up the great work for all of us that depend on you!!” |
| M.D., RN, BSN, Immunization Nurse Consultant, Northcentral District Office, Pennsylvania Department of Health, May 7, 2007 |
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"I have been receiving and
using all of the publications from the IAC for about 13 years. It is a
wonderful resource and the best on the Internet for immunization
information. I frequently distribute the handouts to parents, school
nurses, and MD offices as well as give out the website [address]. I have
my obstetrician husband reading Vaccinate Women."
S.S., RN, Torrington Area Health District, Connecticut, April 11, 2007 |
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"I like to have up-to-date
information for my patients. I use the Summary of Recommendations ALL THE
TIME, both for myself and in teaching residents and students!"
J.C., MD, Pediatric Clerkship Director, University of Michigan, Ann
Arbor, MI, January 26, 2007 |
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"I am a nurse consultant for
a state immunization program, so am responsible for educating public and
private providers and the public about immunization issues. We couldn't
do that as effectively without the quality materials provided by IAC.
Thanks so much."
D.G., BSN, MSN, Georgia Immunization Program, Atlanta, GA, January 11,
2007 |
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"I work in school health
with services to students from age 3 years through 21 years. The
resources are real world tools to use as a nurse practitioner.. Thanks so
much!"
J.W., EdD, RN, CPNP, SAISD Health Services, Fair Oaks Ranch, TX, December
14, 2006 |
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"Keeps me up to date and
provides me with educational materials I can use for patients."
S.G., MD, Iowa City, IA, December 14, 2006 |
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"Thank you for your
essential work, a source of continuing education (available for
downloading) for public health professionals."
B.M.M., MD, Public Health Department, Parma, Italy, November 27, 2006 |
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"I am the immunization
program manager for the Ector County Health Department and use these
materials as resources for my own education as well as education I
present to the public and to my providers. These materials serve as a
huge resource for me. Thanks so much."
P.F., RN, Immunization Program Manager, Ector County Health Department,
Odessa, TX, October 31, 2006 |
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"This [Influenza Vaccination
Pocket Information Guide] is a great tool to have. Thanks."
S.A.C., Los Angeles, CA, July 27, 2006 |
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"I love your immunization
cards and we are looking into a purchase."
P.I.V., EDD, APRN, BC FAANP, University of Tennessee Health Science
Center, June 9, 2006 |
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"The folks in Maryland think
these cards are great!"
K.E., CHES, Maryland Dept. Of Health & Mental Hygiene, June 9, 2006 |
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"Thanks so much for the
information. I have the training video, it is really a good one, and I
have used it often. In fact, right now it is loaned out to a new
employee."
B.L., ahni.com, June 1, 2006 |
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"The standing orders for
providers are so helpful, thank you! Thank you for your work, IAC is
invaluable to our work here in Vermont!"
M.C., Vermont Department of Health, April 14, 2006 |
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"What a great website and
the abundance of languages offered."
T.T.H., Community Immunization Unit, Portland, OR, January 11, 2006 |
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"Just thought you would like
a little feedback on the wonderful school nurse letter the IAC has [What
if you don't immunize your child?]. A local school nurse found a letter
on the web that she wanted to give to parents who take religious
exemptions. It was quite strongly worded and to me seemed threatening. I
suggested the school nurses look at the IAC letter. WOW, was it well
received!! Gets the point across with a much softer tone, not
intimidating at all, while still clearly points out consequences of not
immunizing. On behalf of the school nurses in Suffolk County, New York,
thanks so much for all you do to help the nurses get children immunized."
M.B.K., RN-CS, CPNP, December 20, 2005 |
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"Your site is great, and I'm
sure we'll be using much of the material. Thank you for publishing
current, accessible, free material!"
K.H. Immunization Program
Specialist, Boulder County Public Health, CO, December 16, 2005 |
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"Your service and
information are second to none. Thanks for all your help."
E.L., RN,
Travel Medicine, Rancho Mirage, CA, December 2, 2004 |
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"Thanks for all your good
work and information. You are my lifeline."
S.B., RN, FNP, PA-C,
Director of Student Health, Ohlone College, Fremont, CA, December 1, 2004 |
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"Thanks for all the super
fabulous materials. I'm at the New York City Department of Health and we
need the hep B info sheets in loads of different languages. Your
resources are a huge help."
K.B., November 15, 2004 |
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"In the past few years, the
Michigan Department of Community Health has distributed more than 300,000
IAC adult immunization record cards. We love the IAC adult immunization
record cards--they are bright, easy-to-read, and virtually
indestructible. One of my coworkers even added a card to a load of
laundry and it came out legible and intact. The card is indestructible!"
R.F., Michigan Department of Community Health, August 12, 2004 |
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"We recently purchased the
'Immunization Techniques' video from IAC and we found it quite good and
helpful for our purposes. We thank you for your website and for the way
you are always on top of everything. Thanks so much."
K.H., RPN,
Infectious Diseases Prevention Program, Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox and
Addington Health Unit, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, February 5, 2004 |
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"I have been using the
Immunization Techniques: Safe, Effective, Caring video for about 10
months and want to rant about the quality [video was developed by the
California Department of Health, Immunization Branch, and distributed by
IAC]. Thank you for making it so easily available. I have been in staff
development for 18 years and have used many videos to augment learning
experiences. This is one of the gems, incredible quality. Thank you
so much for providing a cutting edge service. You are the first place I
look for information on vaccine issues."
C.O., RN, MS, CPN, Children's
Hospital, Columbus, OH, February 17, 2003 |
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"Hi IAC, I love you, I love you, I love you and I love all the resources you develop in the fight against
hepatitis B transmission and other VPDS!!..."
P.P., North Carolina Department of Health and Human
Services, August 7, 2002 |
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"We have just received our cards [IAC's adult immunization record cards] and they are wonderful. We
placed an order for 200, to try them out. They are very nice quality and the patients really like them.
Would it be possible to request additional cards..."
C.O., RN, Coordinator, Health Services, Jackson
State Community College, Jackson, TN, July 29, 2002 |
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"I just read the IAC EXPRESS and want to thank you for the temperature log. I heard about it at the NIC
but hadn't had time to call Michigan about availability. Your materials and information are very
appreciated. Thanks again!"
M.U., Nebraska Health and Human Services, Lincoln, NE, May 14, 2002 |
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"Thank you for your quick response to my e-mail. I really appreciate it and your help. As I said before, your site has been a huge benefit not only
to me, but to my colleagues as well. You would not believe how many printouts I have taken to my supervisor and had approved to hand out to
numerous private providers throughout the state. Parent education is a huge downfall in many practices, and the sooner we can get the doctors,
nurses and other staff members to understand this and do something about it... the better! And believe it or not, giving invalid doses is an issue
too. That's where the Summary of Rules comes into play. There is no reason for a nurse or MA not to know the minimal intervals between
vaccines, along with everything else. And your chart couldn't be easier to read and understand... I thank you again for your help and generosity."
M.A., Indianapolis, IN, April 16, 2001 |
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"I downloaded your MSM brochure on Hep B (it's fantastic!) and will be using it to promote our clinic's vaccination service."
E.R., Director of
Education, Montrose Clinic, TX, February 13, 2001 |
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[Regarding Summary of Rules for Childhood Immunization] " I give them out to all the residents, as well as shrink them down, post them in every
exam room in the clinic, my practice, every nurse's station, give the to med students and all the clinic nurses. Everyone loves 'em..."
F.N., Albert
Einstein Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics, Philadelphia, PA, May 9, 2001 |
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"I wanted to let you know that I use your materials more frequently than any other resource. Since my 'clients' are medical professionals, it is
imperative that I provide information that is current and from a dependable source. Thank you for being that source to me."
M.W., RN,
Occupational Health Services, Hospital for Special Surgery, NY, May 15, 2000 |
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