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Immunization Training
All Training and CE Offerings
FREE Continuing Education Credits (CE), webcasts, self-study, "current issues" net- conferences, annual update on immunizations and vaccines; find training you need by type, date, location; upcoming courses.
Clinical Resources
Immunization Schedules, Printable vaccine charts for children, adolescents, adults, & catch-up; pocket-size, interactive scheduler tool, download
catch-up scheduler tool
Detailed Vaccination Recommendations
General ACIP recommendations and vaccine-specific recs (links to MMWR articles); provisional / pending ACIP recommendations, vaccine recommendations for emergencies
Traveler Recommendations Required and recommended vaccines needed by destination
Pink Book (Epidemiology and Prevention of VPDs)
Chapters, appendices, slide sets
Clinical FAQs
CDC experts answer FAQs; "Ask the Experts" at IAC
Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting (VAERS)
Report an adverse event after immunization, contact information, VAERS Table of Reportable Events Following Vaccination
Administrative Tools
Storage & Handling of Your Vaccine Supply
Shelf life, storage requirements, instructions for reconstitution, storage and handling toolkit, checklist, power outages, refrigerator logs, handling tips
Vaccine Administration Protocols
Contraindications; dosage, route, site; screening and checklists; reference tables; provider's role; minimal ages & intervals; indications
Vaccines for Children
Price list, contacts, FAQs,
ACIP-VFC vaccine resolutions, eligibility screening, enrollment
Healthcare Personnel
Vaccine recs for healthcare workers; "Ask the Experts" about healthcare workers; infection control
Reminder Systems and Strategies for Increasing Vaccination Rates
U.S. Coverage Rates & Surveillance
National Immunization Survey (NIS) at national, state, and local levels for children, teens, adults
Patient Education
Vaccine Information Statements (VIS)
Printable VISs, VISs in other languages, why VISs are mandatory, what's new, are these informed consent forms?
Educating Patients
Printable flyers for various age groups, racial and ethnic groups, Spanish speakers, travelers; FAQs for parents & guardians; Parents Guide to Immunizations
Parents Who Question Vaccines
What risks are parents taking in their child's healthcare? Importance of childhood immunizations
Spanish Language
Vaccination specific, disease specific, campaign specific, websites, videos and PSAs
Vaccine Safety
Vaccine injury table, thimerosal content in some vaccines, testing vaccines, monitoring the safety of vaccines, thimerosal and autism, multiple vaccines, HPV vaccine safety, fainting after vaccination
Vaccine-Preventable Diseases (VPDs)
Includes clinical information, vaccine recommendations, photos, references & resources, provider education, standing orders, materials for patients for each VPD
See also List of vaccines
Get The Picture: Childhood Immunizations
After talking with parents across the country, CDC put together this short video to help answer the tough questions that real moms had about childhood immunizations. Understanding the importance of vaccines is crucial for you to protect your children’s health.
CDC-TV: Childhood Immunizations
New Vaccine Research and Development
Potential new vaccines, vaccine testing and approval process, next year's flu vaccine composition, ACIP meeting minutes, NIH vaccine research, FDA vaccine research
More Resources
Flyers/brochures and posters for your practice/patients, CDC's online publications order form, vaccine timeline, FDA's vaccine package inserts, Red Book online, Medical Assistants Training Needs Assessment,
Surveillance Manual
Email your questions and feedback
- Send your clinical vaccine questions to NIPINFO@cdc.gov
- Send your feedback about this website to NCIRDwebteam@cdc.gov
Content last reviewed on April 23, 2009
Content Source: National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases
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