Seasonal Influenza Vaccination Resources for Health Professionals | Health Professionals | Seasonal Influenza (Flu)

Seasonal Influenza Vaccination Resources for Health Professionals | Health Professionals | Seasonal Influenza (Flu)

Seasonal Influenza Vaccination Resources for Health Professionals

Note: The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) 2015-16 Recommendations for prevention and control of seasonal influenza were published in complete form in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report on August 6, 2015. The report is available at MMWR.

Visit What You Should Know for the 2015-2016 Influenza Season for flu and flu vaccine information specific to the current flu season.

Information for the 2015-16 Influenza Season

• Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices-(ACIP)-United States, 2015-16
• Table of Approved Influenza Vaccines for the U.S. 2015–16 Season
• Vaccination algorithm for children aged 6 months through 8 years
• Considerations and recommendations regarding vaccination of persons reporting allergy to eggs

View all sub sections of the ACIP Recommendations for the 2015-2016 Influenza Season

Dosage & Administration

• ACIP: Dosage, Administration, and Storage
• Persons at Risk for Medical Complications Attributable to Severe Influenza
• Persons Who Live With or Care for Persons at Higher Risk for Influenza-Related Complications
• ACIP: Recommendations for Using TIV
• ACIP: Recommendations for Using LAIV
• Dosage & Administration (Q&A)

Vaccine Composition

• 2015-16 Influenza Vaccine Composition and Manufacturers
• Selecting Viruses for the Seasonal Flu Vaccine
• Seasonal Flu Shot (Q&A)
• The Nasal-Spray Flu Vaccine (Live Attenuated Influenza Vaccine [LAIV]) (Q&A)
• Selecting the Viruses in the Influenza (Flu) Vaccine (Q&A)

Storage & Handling

• ACIP: Dosage, Administration, and Storage
• Large-Scale Influenza Vaccination Clinic Planning
• Packing, Shipping, Handling, & Storing Influenza Vaccine[610 KB, 14 pages], guidelines for packing, shipping, handling, & storage of vaccine; vaccines are listed alphabetically.
• Influenza Vaccine Availability Tracking System (IVATS) , a resource to enable healthcare providers to find influenza vaccine to purchase

Summary for Health Care Professionals

• Influenza Vaccination Information for Health Care Workers
• Influenza Vaccination: A Summary for Clinicians
• Seasonal Influenza Vaccine Safety
• Influenza Vaccination Recommendations for the 2015-2016 Season

Target Groups for Vaccination

• ACIP: Pregnant Women
• ACIP: Persons With a History of Egg Allergy
• ACIP: Persons at Risk for Medical Complications Attributable to Severe Influenza
• Persons Who Live With or Care for Persons at Higher Risk for Influenza-Related Complications
• ACIP: Timing of Vaccination

Supply & Distribution

• Updated! Seasonal Influenza Vaccine & Total Doses Distributed
• Reallocating Influenza Vaccine
• Seasonal Flu Vaccine Supply for the U.S. 2015-16 Season
• Supply & Distribution in the U.S. (Q&A)
• Distributors , listing from the Health Industry Distributors Association

Effectiveness & Safety

• New! Seasonal Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness, 2005-2015
• Evaluating Influenza Vaccine Efficacy and Effectiveness Studies
• ACIP: Safety of Influenza Vaccines
• ACIP: Inactivated Influenza Vaccines
• ACIP: Live Attenuated Influenza Vaccines
• Flu Vaccine Effectiveness (Q&A for Health Professionals)
• Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) , also available by telephone at 1–800–822–7967

Patient Education

• Free Resources
• Key Facts about Seasonal Influenza (Q&A)
• Inactivated Flu Vaccine: Vaccination Information Statement (VIS)
• Live, Intranasal Flu Vaccine: Vaccination Information Statement (VIS)

Related Links

• Communications to Health Care Providers
• Disease Burden of Influenza