Get a Shot, Give a Shot

Flu Immunization Campaign for Health Care Workers and Patients

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Influenza Immunization Background Information

Web Link: Prevention and Control of Influenza
Recommendations of the Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
MMWR, May 28, 2004;53(RR06):1-40

Web Link: Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Conditions of Participation: Immunization Standards for Hospitals, Long-Term Care Facilities, and Home Health Agencies
Federal Register, October 2, 2002;67(191):61808?61814
(Contains the change in the Conditions of Participation that removed the federal barrier related to the requirement for a physician to order influenza and pneumococcal immunizations in Medicare and Medicaid participating hospitals, long-term care facilities, and home health agencies.)

CDC Releases New Guidelines on Influenza Information (PDF 100K)
Medscape Medical News, May 5, 2004

Web Link: Influenza Vaccine Prebooking and Distribution Strategies for the 2005-06 Influenza Season
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. April 1, 2005.

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Health Care Worker Immunization

HSAG Poster: 1st Do No Harm: Get a Flu Shot! (PDF, 88K)
HSAG Poster: Notice of Employee Flu Shot Availability (PDF, 52K)
(Posters designed to be printed in color on tabloid-sized [11" x 17"] paper.)

HSAG Presentation: The Gift (?) That Keeps Giving: Protecting Our Patients (PDF, 98K)
Suzanne Anders, RN, BSBA, CPHQ, HSAG Clinical Quality Specialist

Web Link: Influenza Immunization Among Health Care Workers: Call to Action
National Foundation for Infectious Diseases

Web Link: Improving Influenza Vaccination Rates in Health Care Workers: Strategies to Increase Protection for Workers and Patients
National Foundation for Infectious Diseases
(Includes a sample month-by-month calendar of hospital employee vaccination events.)

Web Link: Should vaccinations be required for health care workers?
American College of Physicians, ACP Observer, July?August 2004

Web Link―Poster: Cover Your Cough
Public Health, Seattle and King County
(To remind staff of techniques to use to stop the spread of germs.)

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Hospital and Physician Information

HSAG Sample Hospital Order Sheet (MS Word, 29K)
Influenza Immunization Assessment and Administration

HSAG Poster: The Right Care at the Right Time: Give a Flu Shot! (PDF, 93K)
(Poster designed to be printed in color on tabloid-sized [11" x 17"] paper.)

Web Link: Inactivated Influenza Vaccine: What you need to know 2004-2005
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Web Links

Links to Web sites that contain flu immunization information (PDF, 25K)

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