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CONTENTS OF THIS ISSUE

1. New and revised print materials from the Immunization Action Coalition
2. HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

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December 22, 1997

THE COALITION HAS MANY NEW AND REVISED PRINT MATERIALS YOU CAN DOWNLOAD FREE OR ORDER BY MAIL

The following links are to on-line documents available in PDF (Portable Document Format) format and normal web format (HTML) from the Immunization Action Coalition's web site. In order to display and print the PDF documents you will need the (free of charge) Adobe Acrobat Reader software available at www.adobe.com/prodindex/acrobat/readstep.html In most browsers, you also can download the file directly, without running Acrobat Reader, by shift-clicking (hold down the shift key while clicking the left mouse button) the link.

If you prefer, you can also order any or all of these documents directly from the Coalition. (If you join the Coalition for 1998 with a contribution of $50 or more, we will send you a complete packet of ALL of the Coalition's print materials. For information on how to join, click here.

Brochures for patients:

NEW! Questions parents ask about baby shots

www.immunize.org/nslt.d/n18/p4025.htm
www.immunize.org/catg.d/p4025.pdf

NEW TRANSLATION! After the shots... if your child has discomfort.

www.immunize.org/catg.d/p4015-01.htm   (Spanish web version)
www.immunize.org/catg.d/p4015-01.pdf   (Spanish PDF version)

REVISED! Vaccinations for adults - you're never too old for shots!

www.immunize.org/nslt.d/n18/p4030new.htm
www.immunize.org/catg.d/p4030a.pdf

NEW TRANSLATIONS! Immunizations...not just kids' stuff.

www.immunize.org/catg.d/p4035-01.htm   (Spanish web version)
www.immunize.org/catg.d/p4035-01.pdf   (Spanish PDF version)
www.immunize.org/catg.d/p4035ch.pdf (Chinese PDF version)

REVISED! NEW TRANSLATION! Hepatitis A is a serious disease...

www.immunize.org/catg.d/p4080a.htm (English web version)
www.immunize.org/catg.d/p4080a.pdf   (English PDF version)
www.immunize.org/catg.d/p4080-01a.htm (Spanish web version)
www.immunize.org/catg.d/p4080-01a.pdf   (Spanish PDF version)

MANY NEW TRANSLATIONS! Every week hundreds of teens are infected with hepatitis B.

www.immunize.org/catg.d/p4100tee.htm   (English web version)
www.immunize.org/catg.d/p4100tee.pdf   (English PDF version)

Available in Spanish, Hmong, Cambodian, Laotian, Vietnamese, Tagalog, Russian, Chinese, and Korean. See our non-English materials page:

www.immunize.org/catg.d/noneng.htm

MANY NEW TRANSLATIONS! Hepatitis B shots recommended for all new babies.

www.immunize.org/catg.d/p4110bab.htm   (English web version)
www.immunize.org/catg.d/p4110bab.pdf   (English PDF version)

Available in Spanish, Hmong, Cambodian, Laotian, Vietnamese, Russian, Chinese, and Korean. See our non-English materials page:

www.immunize.org/catg.d/noneng.htm

NEW! Packet of hepatitis B and adoption information.

www.immunize.org/catg.d/p4152.htm

NEW TRANSLATIONS! Hepatitis B brochure for adults and children from endemic areas.

www.immunize.org/catg.d/p4170.htm   (English web version)
www.immunize.org/catg.d/p4170ref.pdf (English PDF version)

Available in Hmong, Cambodian, Laotian, Vietnamese, Russian, Chinese, and Korean. See our non-English materials page:

www.immunize.org/catg.d/noneng.htm

Materials for your clinic staff:

REVISED! Summary of recommendations for adult immunization.

www.immunize.org/catg.d/p2011b.htm
www.immunize.org/catg.d/p2011a.pdf

REVISED! Vaccine administration record for children and teens.

www.immunize.org/catg.d/p2022b.htm
www.immunize.org/catg.d/p2022b.pdf

REVISED! Ask the experts.

www.immunize.org/catg.d/p2021.htm

REVISED! How to operate a community-based shot clinic

www.immunize.org/catg.d/p3040cov.htm
www.immunize.org/catg.d/p3040.pdf

REVISED! Recommended child/adult dosages of hepatitis A & B vaccines.

www.immunize.org/catg.d/p2081.htm
www.immunize.org/catg.d/p2081.pdf

NEW! Basic knowledge about hepatitis B.

www.immunize.org/catg.d/p2110.htm
www.immunize.org/catg.d/p2110.pdf

REVISED! Sample letter explaining hepatitis B test results to patients.

www.immunize.org/catg.d/p4140.htm
www.immunize.org/catg.d/p4140.pdf

NEW! Does your patient have chronic hepatitis B?

www.immunize.org/nslt.d/n18/p2162.htm
www.immunize.org/catg.d/p2162.pdf

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December 22, 1997

HAPPY HOLIDAYS! FROM ALL OF US AT THE IMMUNIZATION ACTION COALITION & HEPATITIS B COALITION Publishers of NEEDLE TIPS & the Hepatitis B Coalition News and VACCINATE ADULTS!

Deborah L. Wexler, MD, Lynn Bahta, RN, Linda Boerger-Johnson, Kim Klose, Mary Borck, and our web consultants and IAC Express Moderators, Michael and Sheila Franey