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Latest News & Bulletins

• Immunizations Services Notice of Open Enrollment Fall 2007 (15 KB)
• 19th Annual Texas Nurse Practitioners Conference Sept. 6-9, 2007
  
  • A New Focus on Adult and Adolescent Immunizations (4.9 MB)
  • Pediatric Vaccines 2007 Recommendations (4.5 MB)

• 2008 Inter-Local Renewal Application Forms for Immunization Services
  Issued: 2/20/07 - Due Date: 3/21/07 (554 Kb Word doc)
  
  
• 09/14/06 Notes from the September 13-14, 2006 Call to Action (PDF files)

1. | What Works | New Ideas | Community Collaborations
2. | What Works | New Ideas | Public Education
3. | What Works | New Ideas | Provider Education
4. | What Works | New Ideas | Medical Home
5. | What Works | New Ideas | ImmTrac
6. | What Works | New Ideas | Reminder/Recall
   

• 09/14/06 Attendee Contact Information from Call to Action Meeting PDF
• 05/22/05 Information for public on Respiratory Syncytial Virus RSV (93 Kb)
• 11/10/04 Public Hearing for Proposed Amendment (DSHS)  
  The Importance of Childhood Hepatitis B Immunizations (18KB, :05)
• 03/10/04: TVFC Program—Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine Shortage
  Changes to Doses Admin Reporting/New Vaccine Combinations (31KB, :08)
• 03/02/04: Updated Recommendations on Use of Pneumo Conjugate Vaccine
• 03/01/04: On-line Education Opportunity: Controlling Pertussis in Texas

Pertussis Annual Campaign

The campaign provides information about new vaccines to protect older children and adults against pertussis, also known as whooping cough, and serve to remind parents of the critical importance of having their children complete the vaccine series at the recommended ages. Learn more about pertussis and other vaccine-preventable diseases [+]

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Provider Information

• ImmTrac, Texas immunization registry:
  Page 1 (7.7 Mb) Page 2 (2 Mb)
• Assessment, Feedback, Incentives, Exchange (AFIX)
• Guidelines for Vaccine Storage & Handling
• Clinic/Provider Assessment Software Application (CASA)
• Texas Vaccines For Children (TVFC)
• Vaccine Safety

Forms & Documents

• VPD Surveillance Guidelines: PDF  (207 KB)
• Selected Case Track Record & Investigation Forms
• ImmTrac Registration Application
• Mass Immunization/Prophylaxis Logistics
• Immunization Division's Flu Action Plan
• Order Forms from the DSHS Immunization Branch

Other Immunization Information

• State-Provided Vaccine Usage Policy for Adults
• Texas Counties Where Hepatitis A Vaccine Is Recommended versus Required
• Benefit-Cost Analysis of Commonly Used Vaccines
• Licensure Dates for Vaccines and Toxoids, United States
• Non-English Immunization Information from the Immunization Action Coalition
• Required Record Keeping for Vaccinations

Other Provider/Physician Resources

Shots 2004 for Palm OS® or PocketPC Handhelds
Childhood, Adult, Medical and Catch-Up Schedules Available

Bioterrorism Resource Center (Texas Medical Association)

On Demand Webcasts (University of North Carolina School of Public Health)

FluWatch.com

Last Updated October 10, 2007