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American Pharmacists Association (APhA)
Immunization Resources
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This site represents a compilation of links and valuable resources
for pharmacy-based immunization delivery. This resource page is
available solely to participants in APhA’s Pharmacy-Based
Immunization Delivery certificate training program.
Pharmacy-Based Immunization Delivery
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AFIX
(Assessment, Feedback, Incentives, Exchange) - AFIX is a
quality improvement strategy to raise immunization coverage levels and
improve standards of practices at the provider level.
CoCASA (Comprehensive Clinical
Assessment Software Application) - CoCASA is a menu-driven
relational database developed by the National Immunization Program,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as an assessment tool
for immunization clinics and providers. This application is used for the
data entry and analysis components of a clinic assessment and includes
reminder and recall tracking capabilities as well as many other special
features. VACMAN (Vaccine
Management System) - VACMAN is a tool for customizing,
recording, transmitting, and managing vaccine data. Some of VACMAN's
general functionalities include: customizing your system, working with
data, generating reports, maintaining database, getting help. Immunization Advocacy & Information
Resources
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- All Kids Count
(AKC) - Program administers projects to develop immunization
monitoring and follow-up systems for preschool children.
- Children's Vaccine
Program - (Gates CVP) was established to promote equal access to
lifesaving vaccines worldwide. This site provides information on
advocacy issues, clinical issues, service delivery, immunization
financing, safe injections, other related organizations, etc.
- Brighton
Collaboration - A collaboration developing standardized case
definitions of Adverse Events Following Immunization (AEFI) to improve
immunization safety monitoring and research.
- Every Child by Two (ECBT) -
The goals of ECBT are to raise awareness of the critical need for timely
immunization and foster putting in place a systematic way to immunize
all of America's children by the age of 2 years.
- Guide to
Community Preventive Services - Evidence-based strategies for
improving and maintaining vaccine coverage in children, adolescents, and
adults.
- Global Alliance
for Vaccines and Immunization A partnership dedicated to ensuring
that all children, however poor, have equal access to vaccines.
- Healthy People
2010 - This is a statement of national health objectives
designed to identify the most significant preventable threats to health
and to establish national goals to reduce these threats.
- Immunization
Gateway - Links to many expert immunization resources available
on the Internet, conveniently organized by category.
- Institute for Vaccine
Safety - Information on vaccines currently in the media
including: anthrax, hepatitis B, MMR, polio, rotavirus, varicella, and
yellow fever, and the use of thimerosal.
- National Foundation for Infectious
Diseases (NFID) - Information on the research of causes, cures, and
prevention of infectious diseases, public and professional education
programs, immunization publications, etc.
- National Network for
Immunization Information (NNii) - Information for the public,
health professionals, policymakers, and the media about immunization.
Site includes immunization news, a vaccine information database, and a
guide to evaluating vaccination information on the Web.
- National
Partnership for Immunization (NPI) - Regularly features
information such as general vaccine information, state requirements,
bioterrorism, vaccine safety, immunization registry, state health
profiles, etc.
- National Vaccine
Injury Compensation Program - Information about a federal program
that provides compensation for people who may have been seriously
injured by vaccines.
- National Vaccine Program Office
(NVPO) - General information about vaccines and immunization-related
activities at the federal level.
- World Health
Organization (WHO) Immunization, Vaccines, and Biologicals -
Information about global polio eradication and other world-wide
immunization issues.
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Links to CMS
Forms - Site lists all of the CMS Forms with links to
access the forms, as well as other information.
OSHA
Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act of 2000
Standards for Immunization Practices
Adult
Child and Adolescent
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State
Laws and Information
Screening
Administering Vaccines
Vaccine
Management and Storage
Vaccine
Records and Notification
Vaccine
Information Statements
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