Needle Tips 
For health professionals providing services to children, teens, or adults
Needle Tips is a semiannual 24-page publication written for health professionals who provide immunization services to children, teens, or adults. Every issue includes the Ask the Experts feature by CDC experts who answer challenging and timely questions about vaccines and their administration; the vaccine highlights section which contains vaccine news from ACIP and CDC; and copyright-free print materials from IAC to photocopy and hand out to clinic staff and patients. The technical content of Needle Tips is reviewed for accuracy by CDC.
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Published July 2009
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Table of Contents
CONTENT
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Ask the Experts 1, 18-22
CDC Experts William L. Atkinson, MD, MPH and Andrew Kroger, MD, MPH answer challenging and timely questions about vaccines and their administration    
This section also includes information on where to get the latest updates on novel H1N1 influenza and how to subscribe to IAC's periodicals and email news service
New IAC Web Sections Give You All the News 2-3
Stay current on news and activities pertaining to U.S. immunization, by referring to the “News and Information” section of immunize.org
Vaccine Highlights 4-5
ACIP meetings, CDC resources, vaccine concerns, current VIS dates, and news about pneumococcal, influenza, Td/Tdap, rotavirus, Hib, MMR, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, varicella, zoster, Japanese encephalitis, and anthrax vaccines
After the Shots... What to do if you child has discomfort 6-7
Educational Print Material: Explains which reactions are normal and which need medical attention; includes dosage information on medications that reduce pain and fever
Do I Need Any Vaccinations Today? 8-9
Educational Print Material: Two-page screening questionnaire will help health care providers and their adult patients determine which vaccinations are needed
Handouts on Vaccination Schedules for Your Patients 10
Educational Print Materials to download: Immunizations for babies -- A guide for parents; When do children and teens need vaccinations; Are you 11-19 years old? Then you need to be vaccinated against these serious diseases; Vaccinations for adults -- you're never too old to get immunized!    
U.S. Immunization Schedules for Persons Ages 0–18 Years, 2009 11-13
Recommended schedules by vaccine and age group; includes catch-up immunization schedule for children and teens
U.S. Immunization Schedule for Adults, 2009 14-16
Recommended schedule by vaccine and age group; includes medical and other indications for adult vaccination
How To Administer IM and SC Injections 17
Two-sided information sheet with illustrations about vaccine administration
Order These Essential Immunization Resources 23
Order form for IAC's laminated schedules, CD-ROM, record cards, padded questionnaires, and more
Influenza Vaccination for Healthcare Workers: Our duty to patients 24
Editorial by IAC Executive Director, Deborah Wexler MD
This page was reviewed on June 28, 2009
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