Past Updates from the Clinician Registry Listserv
Update Sent January 14, 2008
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Today's topics Include:
- COCA Conference Call
- 2008 Childhood Immunization Schedules
- Avian Influenza
- Seasonal Influenza
- National Blood Donor Month
COCA Conference Call - The Radiation Event Medical Management Web Portal
Title: The Radiation Event Medical Management Web Portal - A Novel Resource for Health Care Providers
Speakers: CAPT Judith L. Bader, MD and CDR Jeffrey B. Nemhauser, MD
Date: Tomorrow - Tuesday, Jan 15, 2008
Time: 1:00 PM ET – 2:00 PM ET
Please visit our website for the call-in information, objectives and Continuing Education Credit information. The PowerPoint presentation will be posted by Tuesday morning. http://www.emergency.cdc.gov/coca/callinfo.asp.
2008 Childhood Immunization Schedules
Recommended Immunization Schedules for Persons Aged 0-18 Years - United States, 2008 - MMWR - Jan. 11
The recommended immunization schedules for persons aged 0-18 years and the catch-up immunization schedule for 2008 have been approved by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the American Academy of Family Physicians. The ACIP annually publishes a recommended immunization schedule for persons aged 0-18 years to reflect changes in vaccine formulations and current recommendations for the use of licensed vaccines. Included in the changes are updated guidance for pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV), live attenuated influenza vaccine (LAIV), and meningococcal vaccines, as well as information on tetanus and diphtheria toxoids/tetanus and diphtheria toxoids and acellular pertussis vaccine (Td/Tdap), hepatitis B, and Haemophilus influenzae type b conjugate vaccine.
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5701a8.htm
Avian Influenza
Avian influenza – situation in Indonesia - WHO update - Jan. 11
The Ministry of Health of Indonesia has announced a new case of human infection of H5N1 avian influenza. A 16-year-old female from West Java Province developed symptoms on 30 December 2007, was hospitalized on 4 January 2008 and is currently in hospital. Investigations found a history of deaths in chickens in the case’s neighborhood in the two weeks preceding her onset of symptoms. Of the 117 cases confirmed to date in Indonesia, 94 have been fatal.
http://www.who.int/csr/don/2008_01_11/en/index.html
Cumulative Number of Confirmed Human Cases of Avian Influenza A/H5N1- WHO - Jan. 11
http://www.who.int/csr/disease/avian_influenza/country/cases_table_2008_01_11/en/index.html
Seasonal Influenza
Weekly Report: Influenza Summary Update - Jan. 11
During week 1 (December 30, 2007-January 5, 2008), influenza activity continued to increase in the United States. Two hundred twenty-one (7.2%) specimens tested by U.S. World Health Organization (WHO) and National Respiratory and Enteric Virus Surveillance System (NREVSS) collaborating laboratories were positive for influenza. The proportion of deaths attributed to pneumonia and influenza was below the epidemic threshold. The proportion of outpatient visits for influenza-like illness (ILI) was below national baseline levels, and the proportion of outpatient visits for acute respiratory illness (ARI) was above national baseline levels. The East North Central, New England, and West South Central regions reported ILI equal to or above their region-specific baselines, and the East North Central, Mid-Atlantic, Pacific, and West South Central regions reported ARI equal to or above their region-specific baselines. One state reported widespread influenza activity; 10 states reported regional influenza activity; 12 states and the District of Columbia reported local influenza activity; 26 states and Puerto Rico reported sporadic influenza activity; and one state reported no influenza activity.
http://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/
Weekly US Map - Jan. 11
http://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/usmap.htm
National Blood Donor Month
January is National Blood Donor Month - AABB - January
Blood is traditionally in short supply during the winter months due to the holidays, travel schedules, inclement weather and illness. January, in particular, is a difficult month for blood centers to collect blood donations. A reduction in turnout can put our nation’s blood inventory at a critical low. AABB, in conjunction with America's Blood Centers and the American Red Cross, is celebrating National Blood Donor Month (NBDM) 2008 to encourage donors to give or pledge to give blood. AABB is pleased to present a set of NBDM materials, thereby providing blood collection facilities and other organizations with a unifying theme for January 2008.
http://www.aabb.org/Content/Donate_Blood/Donate_Blood_Public_Education_Initiatives/National_Blood_Donor_Month/
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