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PUBLISHED: 2008 CATEGORY: Health care providers TYPE: PDFFinal report of outcomes from the National Consensus Conference for Vaccine-Preventable Diseases in Canada

Final report of outcomes from the National Consensus Conference for Vaccine-Preventable Diseases in Canada

The National Consensus Conference for Vaccine-Preventable Diseases in Canada (NCC-VPD), which took place in Quebec City, Quebec, June 12-14, 2005, was the first in a series of consensus conferences that will review disease reduction goals and immunization coverage targets for all VPDs.

Corporate Authors: Public Health Agency of Canada
Journal Issue: Supplement
Journal Title: Canada Communicable Disease Report
Journal Volume: 34S2
Publisher: Public Health Agency of Canada

PUBLISHED: 2008 CATEGORY: Health care providers, Adults TYPE: PDFI'm a healthy 44-year-old RN : why should I bother with the flu shot?

I'm a healthy 44-year-old RN : why should I bother with the flu shot?

Explains why it is important for even healthy individuals to get the flu shot.

Corporate Authors: Canadian Coalition for Immunization Awareness & Promotion
Publisher: Canadian Coalition for Immunization Awareness & Promotion

PUBLISHED: 2008 CATEGORY: Health care providers TYPE: External Link Immunization competencies for health professionals

Immunization competencies for health professionals

The competencies contained in this handbook were developed to support the application of the National Guidelines for Immunization Practices, published in the Canadian Immunization Guide. The aim of this handbook is to provide safe and competent practices to achieve higher vaccine coverage rates.

Corporate Authors: Professional Education Working Group of the Canadian Immunization Committee
Publisher: Public Health Agency of Canada

PUBLISHED: 2008 CATEGORY: Health care providers TYPE: PDFInfluenza and Healthcare Workers

Influenza and Healthcare Workers

Background on the creation of the Ottawa Influenza Decision Aid, to assist healthcare workers in making decisions regarding influenza immunization for themselves.

Authors: Villeneuve J
Journal Title: OOHNA Journal
Journal Volume: Fall 2008
Publisher: OOHNA Journal

PUBLISHED: 2008 CATEGORY: Health care providers TYPE: PDFInfluenza Vaccination and Decisional Conflict among Regulated and Unregulated Direct Nursing Care Providers in Long-Term-Care Homes

Influenza Vaccination and Decisional Conflict among Regulated and Unregulated Direct Nursing Care Providers in Long-Term-Care Homes

The purpose of this study was to determine whether direct nursing care providers have decisional conflict about receiving influenza vaccinations and characteristics associated with decisional conflict.

Authors: Sullivan SM et al.
Journal Issue: 2
Journal Title: AAOHN Journal
Journal Volume: 56
Publisher: AAOHN Journal

PUBLISHED: 2008 CATEGORY: Pregnant women TYPE: PDFIs the flu vaccine really safe for me and my baby?

Is the flu vaccine really safe for me and my baby?

Explains why it is important for pregnant women to get the flu shot.

Corporate Authors: Canadian Coalition for Immunization Awareness & Promotion
Publisher: Canadian Coalition for Immunization Awareness & Promotion

PUBLISHED: 2008 CATEGORY: TYPE: PDFJe suis une infirmière autorisée de 44 ans, en bonne santé : est-ce que le vaccin contre la grippe est vraiement nécessaire dans mon cas?

Je suis une infirmière autorisée de 44 ans, en bonne santé : est-ce que le vaccin contre la grippe est vraiement nécessaire dans mon cas?

Corporate Authors: Coalition canadienne pour la sensibilisation et la promotion de la vaccination
Publisher: Coalition canadienne pour la sensibilisation et la promotion de la vaccination

PUBLISHED: 2008 CATEGORY: Health care providers TYPE: PDFMeasles vaccination and antibody response in autism spectrum disorders

Measles vaccination and antibody response in autism spectrum disorders

Tested the hypothesis that measles vaccination was involved in the pathogenesis of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) as evidenced by signs of a persistent measles infection or abnormally persistent immune response shown by circulating measles virus or raised antibody titres in MMR vaccinated children with ASD compared with controls. No difference was found between cases and controls for measles antibody response.

Authors: Baird G et al.
Journal Issue: 10
Journal Title: Archives of Disease in Childhood
Journal Volume: 93
Publisher: BMJ

PUBLISHED: 2008 CATEGORY: Health care providers TYPE: PDFPneumococcal vaccination and risk of myocardial infarction

Pneumococcal vaccination and risk of myocardial infarction

A hospital-based case-control study that included patients considered to be at risk of myocardial infarction. Health databases were used to obtain hospital diagnoses and vaccination status. Patients who had been admitted for myocardial infarction were compared to those admitted to a surgical department in the same hospital for a reason other than myocardial infarction betwen 1997 and 2003.

Authors: Lamontagne F et al.
Journal Issue: 8
Journal Title: Canadian Medical Association Journal
Journal Volume: 179
Publisher: Canadian Medical Association