There is low uptake of the pneumococcal vaccination in eligible older adults, even in high-income countries that offer routine and universal vaccination programs. To systematically characterize interventions aimed at improving pneumococcal vaccine uptake
Improved pneumococcal vaccine (PPV) immunization for seniors is a national goal of the Medicare program. This study examined whether adding a simple telephone follow-up to an existing mailed physician performance feedback under the Medicare program would increase the impact on billed pneumococcal ...
Conclusions For long-term cost-effectiveness in the Netherlands, the pneumococcal vaccine for older adults should either include invasive serotypes not covered by childhood vaccination or become more affordable than its current pricing for individual use.Peer...
12 In many states, through the establishment of a collaborative practice arrangement with a physician, a pharmacist is able to obtain a standing order for vaccines that remains in place for administration by the pharmacist as a service offered by a pharmacy immunization practice. Vaccine standing ...
Getting a seasonal flu vaccine is the best way to prevent the flu. All healthy and eligible adults should get a flu shot every flu season. It takes two weeks from the time of vaccination for antibodies to develop in the body to protect against the flu. Some people are not suitable for ...
The recommended first age at which Americans should get the pneumococcal vaccine has been lowered from 65 to 50, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Wednesday.
vaccine (ˈvæksiːn) n 1.(Medicine) a suspension of dead, attenuated, or otherwise modified microorganisms (viruses, bacteria, or rickettsiae) for inoculation to produce immunity to a disease by stimulating the production of antibodies ...
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and health benefits of breastfeeding along with the mother’s clinical need for therapy and any potential adverse effects on breastfed children from the drug or from underlying maternal condition; for preventive vaccines, the underlying condition is susceptibility to disease prevented by the vaccine ...
A single dose of the 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (PPSV23) is currently recommended for all adults 65 years of age and older. In the United States the majority of adults in this age group have received this vaccine [1]. As with other free polysaccharide vaccines, the duratio...