Got Your Shots? News
An immunization update from the Minnesota
Department of Health.
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October 2019 (PDF)
- Hepatitis A outbreak in Minnesota continues
- Know your organization's hepatitis A vaccination rates
- Promote and improve patient safety through vaccination and antibiotic stewardship
- Give a VIS before vaccinating: It's the law
- Current VISs, October 2019
- Recommend flu vaccine to patients with diabetes
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September 2019 (PDF)
- 2019-20 Minnesota Fall Flu Guide available
- MenACWY vs. MenB: Are you giving the right one?
- New vaccine recommendations published
- Recognizing FluSafe facilities
- MnVFC influenza vaccine distribution for 2019-20 season
- MnVFC annual re-enrollment due Nov. 30, 2019
- School immunization data updated
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August 2019 (PDF)
- Hepatitis A outbreak in Minnesota
- Be aware of AFM symptoms in late summer/early fall
- AFIX becomes IQIP
- 2019-20 MnVFC flu vaccine distribution
- Current VISs, August 2019
- Give a VIS before vaccinating: It's the law
- New HPV cancer survivor videos
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July 2019 (PDF)
- Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices meeting updates
- Promote immunizations in August
- MIIC tip: Delete old lists
- Help protect pregnant women from flu!
- Call for nominations: HPV Vaccination Champion Award
- Report adverse events to VAERS
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June 2019 (PDF)
- Expanding cluster of hepatitis A in Minnesota
- Traveling patients? Assess MMR vaccination status
- Minnesota school requirements: Meningococcal vaccine booster
- Meningococcal forecasting changes in MIIC
- Tdap and maternal vaccination: Missing opportunities
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May 2019 (PDF)
- Hepatitis A cluster in Minnesota
- Adult measles vaccination recommendations
- Identify patients who need a vaccine
- Immunization reminder campaigns
- New immunization form
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Special Edition: Meningococcal Vaccine Booster Dose (PDF)
- Meningococcal disease
- Meningococcal vaccination coverage
- Help us protect adolescents
- Minnesota school requirements
- Consider offering meningococcal B vaccine
- Resources
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April 2019 (PDF)
- Low-cost vaccine clinic finder now live
- New interactive Minnesota adolescent immunization data
- National Infant Immunization Week (NIIW) is next week!
- MDH on social media
- Current VISs, April 2019
- Give a VIS before vaccinating: It's the law
- Report adverse events to VAERS
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Special Edition: National Infant Immunization Week (NIIW) (PDF)
- Vaccinate on time, every time
- Know your rates
- Implement improvement strategies
- Participate in immunization quality improvement programming
- Celebrate National Infant Immunization Week (NIIW)!
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March 2019 (PDF)
- Minimizing measles risk in Minnesota
- Once again, a study shows no link between MMR and autism
- Get ready for National Infant Immunization Week (NIIW)
- New animated video series for parents
- MDH on social media
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February 2019 (PDF)
- Protect adults who have asthma from flu
- What are your medical group's adolescent immunization rates?
- Free educational app for HPV vaccine recommendations
- Report adverse events to VAERS
- MDH website updates: Update your bookmarks!
- Immunization schedules are posted
- 2018 MIIC highlights
- Get ready for National Infant Immunization Week (NIIW)
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January 2019 (PDF)
- Test all suspect cases of varicella (chickenpox)
- Recognize a childhood immunization champion
- 2019-20 MnVFC pediatric influenza vaccine prebook due Feb. 1
- Give a VIS before vaccinating: It's the law
- Current VISs, January 2019
- PneumoRecs VaxAdvisor - an app you can use
- Call for nominations: 2019 NAIIS Immunization Excellence Awards
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