| Technically Speaking |
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| Technically Speaking is a monthly column written by IAC’s Executive Director Deborah Wexler, MD. The column is featured in The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Vaccine Education Center’s (VEC's) monthly e-newsletter for healthcare professionals. Technically Speaking columns cover practical topics in immunization delivery such as needle length, vaccine administration, cold chain, and immunization schedules. |
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| Check out a recent issue of Vaccine Update for Healthcare Providers. The VEC e-newsletter keeps providers up to date on vaccine-related issues and includes reviews of recently published journal articles, media recaps, announcements about new resources, and a regularly updated calendar of events. |
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| TECHNICALLY SPEAKING |
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| CDC Experts
Answer 1,000+ Vaccine-related Questions at Immunize.org |
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April 2016 |
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| Information presented in this article may have changed since the original publication date. For the most current immunization recommendations from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, visit
www.immunize.org/acip/acip_vax.asp. |
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| Ask the
Experts, a long-standing and ever-popular feature of the
Immunization Action Coalition’s (IAC) website for healthcare
professionals, has been one of the most highly visited
destinations on
www.immunize.org since IAC’s website was launched in 1994. For
more than 20 years, vaccine experts from CDC’s National Center for
Immunization and Respiratory Diseases have been working closely
with IAC to answer questions about the use of vaccines that come
up every day in medical practices across the United States. |
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Over the years, IAC has published these Q&As in
Needle Tips, our quarterly flagship publication for
healthcare professionals, as well as in
Vaccinate Adults, an abbreviated version of Needle Tips for
adult medicine specialists. The Q&As also appear in every issue of
IAC Express, our free email news and information
service which is sent out every Wednesday to more than 50,000
healthcare professionals. |
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| Whether you
are looking for answers to questions about dosing intervals when a
patient has fallen behind schedule, what to do when a vaccine is
given too early, or which influenza vaccine is most appropriate to
use for a particular patient, you’ll likely find what you’re
looking for at
www.immunize.org/askexperts. |
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Here are some of the most popular Ask the Experts Web pages: |
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To receive Ask the Experts Q&A answered by CDC experts every
Wednesday,
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