Past Updates from the Clinician Registry Listserv
Update Sent October 10, 2006
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Today's topics include:
COCA Conference Call - Upcoming Influenza Season
Topic: Upcoming Influenza Season
Speaker: Abigail Shefer, MD, FACP; CAPT, USPHS; Associate Director for Science, Immunization Services Division, NCIRD/CDC
Date: Tuesday - October 24, 2006
Time: 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. ET
Dial-in Number: 888-889-4431
Passcode: Influenza
Objectives for this call are to:
- Understand the burden of influenza disease in children and adults
- Identify recommended groups for vaccination
- Understand vaccine supply and distribution issues for 2006-07 season
- Understand how best to communicate with patients
Slides and additional details will be posted on the COCA website as they become available: http://www.bt.cdc.gov/coca/callinfo.asp
Seasonal Influenza
Influenza and Pneumococcal Vaccination Coverage Among Persons Aged >65 Years --- United States, 2004--2005 - MMWR Report - October 6
One of the Healthy People 2010 objectives is to achieve 90% coverage of noninstitutionalized adults aged >65 years for both influenza and pneumococcal vaccinations (objective 14-29). To assess progress toward this goal, this report examines vaccination coverage for persons interviewed in the 2004 and 2005 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) surveys.
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5539a2.htm
Childhood Influenza Vaccination Coverage --- United States, 2004--05 Influenza Season - MMWR Report - October 6
This report provides an assessment of influenza vaccination coverage among children aged 6--23 months during the 2004--05 influenza season.
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5539a1.htm
FDA Approves Additional Vaccine for Upcoming Influenza Season - FDA Press Release - October 5
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved FluLaval, an influenza vaccine to immunize people 18 years of age and older against the disease caused by strains of influenza virus judged likely to cause seasonal flu in the Northern Hemisphere in 2006-2007. With the addition of FluLaval, there are now five FDA-licensed vaccines for the United States for the upcoming influenza season.
http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2006/NEW01478.html
E. coli O157:H7 Outbreak
Update on Multi-State Outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 Infections From Fresh Spinach, October 6, 2006
As of 1 PM (ET) October 6, 2006, Friday, 199 persons infected with the outbreak strain of E. coli O157:H7 have been reported to CDC from 26 states.
http://www.cdc.gov/foodborne/ecolispinach/100606.htm
The transcript from the E. coli O157:H7 Outbreak COCA Conference Call is now available and can be accessed from the following link: http://www.bt.cdc.gov/coca/summaries/E_coli_Sept_21_2006final.asp
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