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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends vaccinations from birth through adulthood to provide a lifetime of protection against many diseases and infections, such as influenza, pneumococcal disease, human papillomavirus, measles, and hepatitis A and B. This page provides resources for both healthcare professional and consumers on vaccine-preventable diseases. Visit the CDC website for a complete list of vaccinations used in the United States.
The following links are APIC resources on vaccine-preventable diseases for healthcare professionals.
Statements and position papers
- Influenza Vaccination Should Be a Condition of Employment for Healthcare Personnel, Unless Medically Contraindicated—APIC Position Statement, January 27, 2011
Implementation guides and tools
- Healthcare Personnel Immunization Toolkit—Practice resource
- APIC Text (subscription required)
Education & training
APIC offers a comprehensive collection of clinical education and professional development programs. The following resources are educational opportunities related to vaccine-preventable diseases.
Visit the Education & Certification page for more educational opportunities.
- Visit the APIC 2016 Annual Conference website to search for education on vaccine-preventable diseases
Prevention Strategist articles
The following links include articles on vaccine-preventable diseases from APIC’s Prevention Strategist magazine.
- CDC urges clinicians to “think measles”—Spring 2015
- Preventing the flu is up to you—Fall 2014
- Overcoming obstacles to vaccination—Spring 2013
- The new NHSN healthcare personnel influenza vaccination measure—Fall 2012
- A healthcare worker with pertussis—Winter 2012
AJIC articles
Search the American Journal of Infection Control website for more articles on vaccine-preventable diseases. To access these articles, you need to first login to the APIC website.
External resources
- Vaccine and preventable diseases for healthcare professionals/providers—Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommendations—Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Training and education: Vaccines and immunizations—Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Vaccine position papers—The World Health Organization
- Recommended vaccines for healthcare workers—Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Professional Practice Toolkits—National Foundation for Infectious Diseases
- Call to Action: Improving Healthcare Personnel Immunization Rates – National Foundation for Infectious Diseases
The following links are APIC and external resources on vaccine-preventable diseases and infection prevention for consumers.
APIC
- Ask about vaccines—Infection Prevention and You
- Five important reasons to vaccinate your child—Monthly alert for consumers
- Vaccination saves lives—Monthly alert for consumers
- You never outgrow vaccines—Monthly alert for consumers
- Hepatitis A—Monthly alert for consumers
- Herpes zoster (shingles)—Monthly alert for consumers
- HPV vaccine—Monthly alert for consumers
- Influenza and pneumococcal immunization—Monthly alert for consumers
- Measles—Monthly alert for consumers
- Meningococcal disease—Monthly alert for consumers
- Pertussis—Monthly alert for consumers
External resources
- Vaccines and preventable diseases—Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Mayo Clinic Q and A: Childhood vaccination schedule highly effective preventing diseases—The Mayo Clinic
- Adolescent Vaccination—National Foundation for Infectious Diseases
- Adult Vaccination—National Foundation for Infectious Diseases
- Immunization—Medline Plus
- Vaccine information you need—Immunization Action Coalition
- Hepatitis A—American Liver Foundation
- Hepatitis B—American Liver Foundation
- Flu.gov: What to do about the flu—U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- Meningitis—Centers for Disease Control and Prevention