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IAC Publications: Needle Tips
Needle Tips is a 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 ready-to-print materials from IAC to photocopy and hand out to staff and patients. The technical content of Needle Tips is reviewed for accuracy by CDC. Subscribe to Needle Tips - it's free!
Table of Contents: May 2012 PAGE NO.
Needle Tips May 2012
Needle Tips: Vol 22(2)
Download entire issue: 18 pages, 4.2 MB PDF
Special focus on 2012 immunization schedules
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Tribute to CDC's Immunization Expert William L. Atkinson, MD, MPH 1, 5
Dr. Atkinson is retiring from CDC's National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases
Ask the Experts: CDC immunization experts answer your questions 1, 5, 18
CDC immunization experts Andrew Kroger, MD, MPH, Donna Weaver, RN, MN, Iyabode Akinsanya-Beysolow, MD, MPH, and William L. Atkinson, MD, MPH, answer challenging and timely questions about vaccines and their administration    
New! "Cocooning and Tdap Vaccination" Web Section on immunize.org 2
One-step access to related recommendations, resources, videos, posters, and more – this section also includes publication details about Needle Tips and lists publication staff, IAC staff, and the board of directors
Products You Can Purchase from IAC 3
Order laminated immunization schedules, immunization record cards and training DVD, includes descriptions and how to order the items – this section also includes the names and affiliations of IAC's advisory board members
Vaccine Highlights: Recommendations, schedules, and more 4
Updates on licensed vaccines and immunization news from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Recommended Immunization Schedules for Persons Ages 0–18 Years, United States, 2012 6-8
The 2012 U.S. immunization schedules for vaccinating people ages 0 through 18 years are reproduced in ready-to-print format
Recommended Adult Immunization Schedule, United States, 2012 9-11
The 2012 U.S. immunization schedules for vaccinating adults are reproduced in ready-to-print format
Guide to Contraindications and Precautions to Commonly Used Vaccines 12-13
Two-page reference table listing contraindications and precautions
New! Tips for Locating Old Immunization Records 14
This patient handout gives some ideas that might help for locating old immunization records
Facts about Vaccination Information Statements (VISs): Clinicians have an obligation to give them to patients 15
Everything you need to know about VISs
Standing Orders for Administering Vaccines 16
Increase vaccination rates through the use of standing orders.
IAC's Immunization Resources Order Form 17
Order 2012 laminated immunization schedules, the "Immunization Techniques" DVD, patient record cards, and CD-ROM
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