Influenza > For Professionals

On this page:

• Vaccine information
• Flu Resource packet
• Flu information for specific groups
• CDC Flu Links
• Flu testing and specimen submission

Heroes in the fight against influenza will find this year's annual influenza resource packet, filled with resources to help you protect your clients, your communities, your families and yourselves from Orthomyxoviridus infection! You will also find information about vaccine composition and administration, a call to action from the National Foundation of Infectious Disease, directions on how to submit specimens, and information for specific populations.

Join us in our efforts to protect the public…

Vaccinate the vectors!!

New for 2008-09 Season

• Influenza Vaccine order form

Vaccine info

    Vaccine composition

• Influenza vaccine composition for 2007-2008:
  The trivalent vaccine (TIV) formulation for use in the United States during the 2007-2008 influenza season will consist of antigens of:
  
  • A/Solomon Islands/3/2006 (H1N1)-like virus
    
  • A/Wisconsin/67/2005 (H3N2)-like virus
    
  • B/Malaysia/2506/2004-like virus
  This formulation retains the H3N2 and B components of last season's vaccine.
  
  
• Influenza vaccine information for 2007-2008 flu season (pdf)
  
  
• Vaccine Composition: FDA Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee Meetings of 2007 (pdf)
  
  
• MedQIC: Adult Immunization Project
  
  
• National Immunization Program: Flu Bulletins
  
  
• 2006-2007 Influenza Vaccine Production and Distribution Market Brief (pdf)
  
  
• Flu Vaccine Manufacturer Websites
  • CSL Biotherapies
    
  • GlaxoSmithKline 
    
  • Medimmune 
    
  • Novartis (Chiron) 
    
  • Sanofi Pasteur 
  
  

  Vaccine usage

  • Tiered Use of Influenza Vaccine in the Event of a Shortage
  
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  Resources

  
  
  • Flu Resource Packet
    
    • What's new in the 2007-2008 recommendations?  
      
      • ACIP Recommendations 
      
      
    • Frequently Asked Questions
      
    • Model Standing Order - Inactivated Vaccine    LAIV 
      
    • Pharmacy Protocol - Inactivated Vaccine    LAIV
      
    • Screening Questions for Child and Teen Immunization
      
    • Screening Questionnaire for Intranasal Influenza Vaccination
      
    • Testing and Surveillance
      
    • Declination Form
      
    • Patient Education Materials
      
    • SchoolMist
      
    • VFC Influenza Vaccine Q & A
      
    • Flu and Asthma  
      • Oregon Asthma Resource Bank  
    
    
  • Simultaneous Injection Poster - Flu and Pneumococcal Vaccine
    
  • Medicare Reimbursement Update 2007
    • Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services Immunization Resources 
    
    
  • Current Vaccine Information Statements (VIS) for Influenza Vaccine
    
    • Spanish
    
    
  • CDC Adult Immunization Program standards/evaluation and standing orders programs (pdf)
    
    
  • SafeNet 2007 Flu Clinic Information Form (Word) 
    Please complete this form to have your flu clinic included on the Oregon SafeNet referral service.
    
  
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  Health Care Workers
  Vaccination of health-care workers (HCWs) has been shown to reduce transmission of influenza and absenteeism among HCWs, prevent mortality in their patients, and result in financial savings to worksites. Influenza vaccination coverage among HCWs in the United States, however, remains dismally low.
  
  • Call to Action (pdf)
    
  • HCW Vaccination Information

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  Flu Information for Specific Groups
  • Schools, Childcare Providers and Parents 
    
  • Businesses and Workplaces 
    
  • People with HIV/AIDS 
    
  • People with Asthma
    
    • Asthma in Oregon  

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  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Flu Links

  • Influenza chapter from the "Pink Book"
    
  • ACIP Prevention and Control of Influenza 2007–2008
    
  • Patient Education Materials
    
  • National Influenza Vaccine Summit:Co-sponsored by the AMA and the CDC
    
  • Detection and Control of Influenza Outbreaks in Acute Care Facilities
    
  • Public Health and Aging: Influenza Vaccination Coverage Among Adults Aged >50 Years and Pneumococcal Vaccination Coverage Among Adults Aged >65 Years --- United States, 2002
    
  • Influenza Vaccination of Health-Care Personnel
    
  • CDC announces National Influenza Vaccine Week.
    Site has resources, ideas from around the country, and a site to list your activities and events.
    • Letter to providers from the CDC
  • CDC Information for Health Professionals.  This site contains vaccination recommendations, patient and provider education, clinical description and diagnosis and much more.
    
  
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  Flu testing and specimen submission

  The Oregon State Public Health Laboratory (OSPHL) virology program accepts specimens of suspected influenza for viral culture without charge. To find out more about viral culture and for OSPHL specimen submission forms, please visit the following links:

  • Virus culture, isolation, and identification
    
  • Virology/Immunology test request form (pdf)

   

     Other flu testing info:

  • Flu testing Q & A (CDC)
    
  • Lab diagnosis, procedures, and table of flu tests (CDC)
    
  • Rapid influenza test info (FDA)