Issue
Number 567
November 28, 2005
CONTENTS OF THIS ISSUE
- CDC proposes updating communicable disease regulations,
including those for pandemic influenza and diphtheria
- New: IAC website presents standing orders protocols in a
single table for easy reference
- New: IAC website consolidates answers to FAQs onto one
web section
- NIP collects several adult immunization resources on one
web page
- New: CDC announces addition of polio module to its "You
Call the Shots" training course
- CDC reports on the October 2005 meeting of the Advisory
Committee on Poliomyelitis Eradication
- Teleconference about immunizing migrant workers
scheduled for December 13
- Turkish translations for three educational materials now
available on IAC's website
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ABBREVIATIONS: AAFP, American Academy of Family Physicians; AAP, American
Academy of Pediatrics; ACIP, Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices;
CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; FDA, Food and Drug
Administration; IAC, Immunization Action Coalition; MMWR, Morbidity and
Mortality Weekly Report; NIP, National Immunization Program; VIS, Vaccine
Information Statement; VPD, vaccine-preventable disease; WHO, World Health
Organization.
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November 28, 2005
CDC PROPOSES UPDATING COMMUNICABLE DISEASE REGULATIONS, INCLUDING THOSE FOR
PANDEMIC INFLUENZA AND DIPHTHERIA
On November 22, CDC issued a press release outlining its proposal for
updating communicable disease regulations. Portions of the press release are
reprinted below.
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For immediate release
November 22, 2005
CDC PROPOSES MODERNIZING CONTROL OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASE REGULATIONS
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today proposed critical
updates to existing regulations that will allow the agency to move more
swiftly to control a potential outbreak of disease that may result when a
sick passenger arrives in the United States via commercial airline or ship.
The new proposed regulations are being published in the Federal Register for
public comment. . . .
The changes are designed to ensure that CDC has the tools in place to
respond to any public health threat that may emerge. Key updates to existing
regulations include
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Expanded reporting of ill passengers on board interstate flights as well
as airline flights and ships arriving from foreign countries,
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Requirements that ships and airline flights arriving from foreign
countries and certain interstate flights maintain passenger and crew lists
and submit lists electronically to CDC upon request,
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Explicit due process provisions for persons subject to quarantine. . . .
HHS is empowered to prevent persons who are believed to have one of nine
specific communicable diseases from entering the country through the use of
isolation and quarantine. Pandemic influenza is one of these nine diseases.
Cholera, diphtheria, infectious tuberculosis, plague, smallpox, yellow
fever, viral hemorrhagic fevers, and SARS complete the list. . . .
The proposed regulations are available for a 60-day public comment period at
www.regulations.gov and CDC and HHS
encourage the public, industry, and other stakeholders to review and comment
on the proposed update.
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To access the complete press release, go to:
http://www.cdc.gov/od/oc/media/pressrel/r051122.htm
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November 28, 2005
NEW: IAC WEBSITE PRESENTS STANDING ORDERS PROTOCOLS IN A SINGLE TABLE FOR
EASY REFERENCE
IAC recently organized links to all its standing orders protocols into one
table. The table gives website users easy access to the standing orders.
The table includes links to standing orders for administering the
following vaccines to adults: influenza, pneumococcal, hepatitis B,
hepatitis A, tetanus-diphtheria, measles-mumps-rubella, varicella, and
meningococcal. It also includes links to a protocol for medical management
of vaccine reactions in adults.
In addition, the table includes a standing orders protocol for
administering influenza vaccine to children and adolescents.
To access the table, go to:
http://www.immunize.org/standingorders
You can also access the table from IAC's homepage by going to
http://www.immunize.org and
scrolling down the Favorites listing in the left column until you reach
the entry for standing orders.
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November 28, 2005
NEW: IAC WEBSITE CONSOLIDATES ANSWERS TO FAQs ONTO ONE WEB SECTION
To save you time, and the price of a long-distance phone call, IAC
recently gathered answers to questions you ask us most frequently and
posted them in one section of its main website.
To access the FAQ section, go to:
http://www.immunize.org/faq
You can also access the FAQ section from IAC's homepage by going to
http://www.immunize.org and
scrolling down the Favorites listing in the left column until you reach
the entry for frequently asked questions.
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November 28, 2005
NIP PRESENTS SEVERAL ADULT IMMUNIZATION RESOURCES ON ONE WEB PAGE
The NIP web page Adult Immunization Schedule presents users with links to
several useful adult immunization resources, including the following: (1)
the adult immunization schedule in various formats, (2) a list of vaccines
for adults (including those for healthcare workers), (3) two adult
vaccination screening forms (one for the public, one for providers), (4)
IAC's Summary of Recommendations for Adult Immunization, and (5) CDC's
adolescent and adult vaccine quiz.
To access the web page, go to:
http://www.cdc.gov/nip/recs/adult-schedule.htm
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November 28, 2005
NEW: CDC ANNOUNCES ADDITION OF POLIO MODULE TO ITS "YOU CALL THE SHOTS"
TRAINING COURSE
CDC recently announced the addition of a polio module to NIP's web-based
training course "Immunization: You Call the Shots." This module discusses
polio disease, the polio vaccine, and recommendations for vaccine use.
Extra learning opportunities, self-test practice questions, reference and
resource materials, and a glossary are all provided.
For additional information on "You Call the Shots," go to:
http://www.cdc.gov/nip/ed/youcalltheshots.htm
To access the polio module, go to:
http://www2.cdc.gov/nip/isd/ycts/mod1/courses/polio/start.asp
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November 28, 2005
CDC REPORTS ON THE OCTOBER 2005 MEETING OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON
POLIOMYELITIS ERADICATION
CDC published "Brief Report: Conclusions and Recommendations of the
Advisory Committee on Poliomyelitis Eradication--Geneva, Switzerland,
October 2005" in the November 25 issue of MMWR. A portion of the article
is reprinted below.
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The second meeting of the Advisory Committee on Poliomyelitis Eradication
(ACPE) was convened in Geneva, Switzerland, on October 11-12, 2005, to
provide the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Global Polio
Eradication Initiative with advice on program policies for (1)
interrupting wild poliovirus (WPV) transmission worldwide, (2) limiting
the international spread of circulating polioviruses, and (3) refining the
program of work for eventual cessation of immunization with oral
poliovirus vaccine (OPV). This report summarizes the results of that
meeting.
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To access a web-text (HTML) version of the complete article, go to:
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5446a5.htm
To access a ready-to-print (PDF) version of this issue of MMWR, go to:
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/wk/mm5446.pdf
To receive a FREE electronic subscription to MMWR (which includes new ACIP
statements), go to:
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/mmwrsubscribe.html
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November 28, 2005
TELECONFERENCE ABOUT IMMUNIZING MIGRANT WORKERS SCHEDULED FOR DECEMBER 13
The National Immunization Coalition TA [technical assistance] Network has
scheduled a teleconference that will focus on immunization outreach to
migrant, mobile, and immigrant communities. It will be held at 1:00PM,
EDT, December 13.
NOTE: CDC will give updates on the current influenza vaccine supply at the
beginning of this teleconference and at the beginning of future
teleconferences throughout the influenza season.
The presenter is pediatrician Jennie McLaurin, MD, MPH. Trained in
maternal and child health care, Dr. McLaurin has 20 years' experience in
migrant health care, including service as an outreach worker, medical
director, liaison with AAP, and faculty member for the Health Disparities
Collaboratives.
To register for the teleconference, email
IZTA@aed.org and put this message in the subject line: "Sign me up for
migrant health."
For additional information, or to access earlier programs, go to:
http://www.izcoalitionsta.org/confcall.cfm
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November 28, 2005
TURKISH TRANSLATIONS FOR THREE EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS NOW AVAILABLE ON
IAC'S WEBSITE
IAC recently posted translations of the following educational materials on
its website: (1) the interim VIS for meningococcal vaccine (dated
10/7/05), (2) the September 2005 version of the Summary of Recommendations
for Childhood and Adolescent Immunization, and (3) the October 2005
version of Should You be Tested for Hepatitis C? A Screening Questionnaire
for Adults. IAC gratefully acknowledges Mustafa Kozanoglu, MD, and Murat
Serbest, MD, for the translations.
INTERIM VIS FOR MENINGOCOCCAL VACCINE
To access a ready-to-print (PDF) version of the interim VIS for
meningococcal vaccine in Turkish (dated 10/7/05), go to:
http://www.immunize.org/vis/tu_men05.pdf
To access a ready-to-print (PDF) version of it in English, go to:
http://www.immunize.org/vis/menin05.pdf
For information about the use of VISs, and for VISs in a total of 33
languages, visit IAC's VIS web section at
http://www.immunize.org/vis
SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CHILDHOOD AND ADOLESCENT IMMUNIZATION
Note: The current English-language version of the summary is dated
November 2005. The most recent Turkish-language version is not current;
the information it contains was updated in September 2005.
To access a ready-to-print (PDF) version of the Summary of Recommendations
for Childhood and Adolescent Immunization in Turkish, go to:
http://www.immunize.org/catg.d/p2010tu.pdf
No web-text (HTML) version is available in Turkish.
To access a ready-to-print (PDF) version of the summary in English (dated
11/05), go to:
http://www.immunize.org/catg.d/rules1.pdf
To access a web-text (HTML) version of it in English, go to:
http://www.immunize.org/nslt.d/n17/rules1.htm
SHOULD YOU BE TESTED FOR HEPATITIS C? A SCREENING QUESTIONNAIRE FOR ADULTS
To access a ready-to-print (PDF) version of the questionnaire in Turkish
(dated 10/05), go to:
http://www.immunize.org/catg.d/p2192tu.pdf
No web-text (HTML) version is available in Turkish.
To access a ready-to-print (PDF) version of the questionnaire in English
(dated 10/05), go to:
http://www.immunize.org/catg.d/2192hepc.pdf
To access a web-text (HTML) version of it, go to:
http://www.immunize.org/catg.d/2192hepc.htm |
