How to: Reminder Recall in FL Shots

 Reminder Recall is one of the many Florida SHOTS™ tools that help you boost immunization levels in your practice. With Florida SHOTS, your office can run reports that show a list of your patients who are due or overdue for immunizations. Reminder Recall allows you to sort and store shot records in a variety of ways (e.g., by type of shot) and print patient information on mailing labels to send reminder notices to parents specifying the shot that is due or overdue.
Click here to access the guide for FL SHOTS, "Fast and Easy Steps: Reminder Recall"

http://www.flshots.com/_pdfs/reminder-recall.pdf

Updates: Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) Recommendations

Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) Recommendations

 

Important Updates:

 

• Effective school year 2011/2012: A fifth dose of poliovirus vaccine is required if the fourth dose was administered prior to the fourth birthday.

• Effective January 2011: The age for the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine requirement has been extended to 59 months as reflected in the recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP).           

• Timing of Tdap:

Tdap can be administered, when indicated, regardless of interval since the last tetanus- or diphtheria-toxoid containing  vaccine.

• Adults Aged 65 years and Older:

Those who have or anticipate having close contact with an infant aged less than 12 months should receive a single dose of Tdap.
Other adults ages 65 years and older may be given a single dose of Tdap.

• Children aged 7 through 10 years:

Those not fully vaccinated against pertussis and for whom no contraindication to pertussis vaccine exists should receive a single dose of Tdap.
Those never vaccinated against tetanus, diphtheria, or pertussis or who have unknown vaccination status should receive a series of three vaccinations containing tetanus and diphtheria toxoids. The first of these three doses should be Tdap.

Certificate of Immunization, DH 680

The Certificate of Immunization, DH 680, can now be printed on white or blue paper.  Schools and childcare centers should accept the DH 680 if printed on white paper.

Broward County Health Department's Influenza Grand Rounds

This past Tuesday, December 7th, marked the first Grand Rounds on Influenza. The legal and ethical implications of mandatory influenza vaccions for healthcare personnel was discussed.

If you missed the Grand Rounds and would like a copy of the presentations, please contact Ms. Sherline Fontus at sherline_fontus@doh.state.fl.us

 

Communicable Disease Director, Dr. Dwayne Turner, welcomed guests and introduced the three speakers. 

BCHD Epidemiology Director, John Livengood

Mary Coombs, J.D.; Professor of University of Miami Law School

Raul E. DeVelasco, MD; Director of Clinical Ethigs at Miller School of Medicine, Univ of Miami

Attendees

Q&A with the speakers 

 Ethel Edwards, Asst Community Health Nursing Director, addresses the pannel.

Dr. DeVelasco with BCHD Medical Director, Dr. Paula Thaqi, and Dr. Dwayne Turner

Event: Broward County Health Department Grand Rounds

To register, please contact Sherline Fontus

954-467-4700

sherline_fontus@doh.state.fl.us

Welcome!

Welcome to the Broward County Immunization Action Coalition's website.

The Coalition's aim is to protect the children of the community from vaccine-preventable diseases. The website's purpose is to provide Parents and Providers with timely information on various vaccine topics.

Please check this site frequently for updates.

Thank you.