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Vaccine Preventable Diseases

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.

For Healthcare Professionals
For Consumers

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