| Technically Speaking |
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| Monthly Column by Deborah Wexler, MD |
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| IAC Executive Director Dr. Deborah Wexler writes
Technically Speaking, a column featured in each issue of
Vaccine Update for Healthcare Professionals,
the monthly e-newsletter from the Vaccine Education Center
(VEC) at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
Technically Speaking columns cover practical topics in
immunization delivery such as vaccine administration
techniques, storage and handling, contraindications and
precautions, and scheduling. |
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| TECHNICALLY SPEAKING |
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| Newly designed and easy to navigate—visit
Give2MenACWY.org to enhance your efforts to increase rates for MenACWY booster doses and other adolescent
vaccinations |
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August 2019 |
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The Immunization Action Coalition (IAC) has announced a major
upgrade to its collaborative website
www.Give2MenACWY.org promoting the importance of receiving a booster dose of
meningococcal ACWY (MenACWY) vaccine. Aimed at healthcare professionals, the site has been revised to
incorporate newly updated materials and to highlight the importance
of all recommended vaccines for 16-year-olds. A simplified navigation structure makes locating information a breeze.
The colorful new Give2MenACWY.org website is divided into five easy-to-access
sections:
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Vaccinate Teens – The tools
included on this web page offer helpful information on teen
vaccination
schedules and tips for improving adolescent immunization rates.
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Give 2 Doses –
Fewer than half of teens have received the recommended second
dose of MenACWY vaccine.
This web page offers tools to help providers improve second dose
coverage.
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16-year-old Visit – These
resources help both providers and their patients remember the
important vaccines
recommended for 16-year-olds.
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Tools for Providers – These tools
from CDC, IAC, and other organizations explain meningococcal ACWY
vaccine recommendations and assist in improving adolescent
coverage for all recommended vaccines.
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Resources – This
section contains a wealth of information to assist provider
efforts to improve adolescent
immunization rates. The materials are subdivided into the
following subsections:
Additional time savings are provided by
the site’s single location
where all website materials are listed according to
whether they are primarily of interest to providers or to
patients/parents. Other sections relate to general adolescent immunization, as well as meningococcal disease and
vaccine information.
Visit Give2MenACWY.org and enjoy browsing (and hopefully
deploying) its terrific resources. The site is brought to you by
IAC, in
collaboration with Sanofi Pasteur.
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| This page was updated on
September 11, 2019. |
| This page was reviewed on
September 11, 2019. |
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