December 2012 (PDF:293KB/1 page)

• Flu is on the rise, but it's not too late to vaccinate!
• CDC's Vaccine Storage and Handling Toolkit has been revised
• VFC vaccine administration fee change
• Provisional ACIP recommendations posted
• MDH vaccine ordering in MIIC
• MIIC Client Follow-Up feature
• PCV13 is recommended for immunocompromised adults
• Update your Providers Guide
• Go green: Get GYS News via email

November 2012 (PDF:342KB/1 page)

• All varicella cases will be reportable in 2013
• Vaccinating contacts of immunocompromised persons with live virus vaccine
• MIIC Tip: Add a comment about a client in MIIC
• Ban the Bug is next week!
• 2012 Immunization Award winners
• FluMist replacement program
• MnVFC quick updates

October 2012 (PDF:262KB/1 page)

• Storage and handling best practices
• Switch thermometer alarms to 'off' before mailing
• Did you know that diluents have expiration dates too?
• Pentacel shortage
• MnVFC reports due Nov. 30
• Current VISs, October 2012
• Vaccine Information Statements are required by law
• Coverage rates for flu in 2011-12, areas for improvement revealed
• MIIC Tip: Are you unsure if your patient received Tdap or if it was Td?

September 2012 (PDF:269KB/1 page)

• Pertussis recommendations revised to address ongoing epidemic
• Reminder: Watch minimum ages and intervals
• Need more MnVFC flu vaccine?
• CDC-required eligibility change - Oct. 1, 2012
• Make travel plans for the Got Your Shots? Conference today!
• Continued shortage of Pentacel vaccine
• ProQuad returns
• VAERS remidner

August 2012 (PDF:280KB/1 page)

• Preventing syncope after vaccination
• VAERS 101 online video
• MnVFC seasonal flu vaccine
• Minnesota Fall Flu Guide now online
• Pentacel shortage continuing
• Help us improve our website!
• Ordering thermometers
• Got a note from the school nurse? Take note!
• Workgroup opportunity for vaccine ordering and inventory
• Register for the 2012 Got Your Shots? Immunization Conference!
• More upcoming conferences/meetings

July 2012 (PDF:132KB/1 page)

• Protect infants from pertussis
• Flu vaccine is coming
• New Web pages on adult and adolescent vaccination
• Help us recognize award-worthy work
• Current VISs, July 2012
• Vaccine Information Statements ar required by law
• Find Minnesota state and county childhood immunization data online

June 2012 (PDF:226KB/1 page)

• Remember: MnVFC eligibility changes at private clinics on July 1
• Make proper vaccine storage and handling a top priority
• MIIC tip: Health System User role
• Reduce baby's stress after shots with the five "S's"
• G. Scott Giebink Award nominations
• Vaccine-preventable diseases still occurring

May 2012 (PDF:210KB/1 page)

• Help prepare your clinic for MnVFC eligibility changes
• Shortage of Pentacel vaccine
• MIIC tip: User guides and training materials
• Discontinuing travel resources line
• Prevent spread of pertussis in clinics!
• May is Hepatitis Awareness Month
• Prevent pertussis specimen contamination
• MnVFC semi-annual reports due May 31

April 2012 (PDF:128KB/1 page)

• Immunization Law request for comments
• Shortage of Pentacel vaccine
• MnVFC eligibility update and semi-annual reports reminder
• MHCP adult program changes
• VariZIG use expanded
• Current VISs, April 2012
• Vaccine Information Statements are required by law
• MIIC tip

Got Your Shots? Special National Infant Immunization Week (NIIW) Edition (PDF:227KB/1 page)

• Information to help dispel concerns related to delaying immunizations
• Considerations regarding delayed schedules
• Snippets from CDC's Talking to Parents about Vaccines for Infants
• Additional resources to send parents to
• Acknowledgements

March 2012 (PDF:204KB/1 page)

• MnVFC eligibility changes only affect underinsured
• Correction to adult immunization schedule
• MIIC now accepting HL7 messages
• Register for the Adult Immunization Conference on April 20
• Check thermometer calibration
• Providers Guide third edition now available!
• Pneumococcal vaccine for high-risk adults
• VAERS Reminder

February 2012 (PDF: 187KB/1 page)

• Missed opportunity to prevent severe varicella
• The case for Tdap cocooning
• Revised perinatal hepatitis B forms - Updated 2/22/12
• MnVFC eligibility changes
• Minnesota and national immunization schedules updated
• Hepatitis A vaccine for spring break travelers
• Flu vaccine still available
• MnVFC flu vaccine pre-book: Feb. 27-March 9

Special Edition - Childhood Immunization Champion Award Deadline Extended February 2012 (PDF:184KB/1 page)

• This extra edition of Got Your Shots? News announces that the Childhood Immunization Champion Award deadline has been extended
  to Feb. 17.

January 2012 (PDF:121KB/1 page)

• Children with Completed PCV7 Series Still Need PCV13; MIIC Rates and Follow-up Assistance Available
• Hib Vaccination Revisited
• Revised Perinatal Hepatitis B Forms
• Recommend Flu Vaccine to all Pregnant and Postpartum Women
• Nominate an Immunization Champion!
• Current VISs, January 2012
• Vaccine Information Statements are Required by Law