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Update schedule:

Dec.-NCHD; Jan – ECHD; Feb-Passport Health; March – Scott; April - NCHD

No suggestions at this time from group.

Information about National Influenza Week on our Facebook page

2014 Immunization Conference Planning 5/21/2014

Karm and Beverly met to discuss the conference and to work on the agenda and brochure.

Salvatores was notified that we will not need the extra room for breakout sessions since we will not be doing that this year.

It has been brought up in the past to join with the Finger Lakes for a conference. We have decided to keep the conference separate because we don’t want to lose people by having the conference too far away for people to attend.

Finger Lakes Conference is the day before ours 5/20/14-we will be sharing CDC speaker- Dr. Kroger for adult/peds imm update and ACIP role. Beverly emailed Dr. Kroger and he agreed to speak on the ACIP and can also stay later in the day since he will be leaving out of Rochester.

Dr. Domochowski will be speaking and we agreed to pay him the honorarium of $2000. Vaccine Hesitancy is more practical topic.

Dr. Mattimore will speak on the History of vaccines.

Dina Hofer will be speaking on NYSIIS. She may be sending someone in her place. She will let me know.

Cindy Schulte will be speaking about preventing vaccine errors.

We will be showing the film Invisible Threat. We’ve received permission to do this from producer.

We discussed the idea of having popcorn during the movies. We wanted fresh popped but Salvatores cannot do this. We will look into getting bagged popcorn and setting them on the tables during the viewing. We discussed having a drawing for free movie tickets but you have to be there to win. Hopefuly this will keep people there.

Dr. Mahoney to moderate.

No updates on new venues for 2015.

Price increase to $35 to reflect requested new menu items (fruit, yogurt).

Save the date flyer goal for Jan 2014.

Industry reps Grant Letters – Karen states that these have been sent out.

Dr. Judelsohn award ideas for recipient: Sandy D., Carrow Street Pediatrics, specifically Dr. Joe Kita, who gave public response to anti-vaccine article in WNY Family last spring.

Karm worked on and passed out vaccine champion criteria standards. Submit nominees at the January 2014 meeting and vote on it at the Feb, 2014 meeting.

Conference flyer/agenda was reviewed - to be worked on further.

Food for the conference- we will look into having granola bars for snacks/yogurt and have iced tea and lemonade instead of soda.

Renee Neely suggested Commissioner of Health ( Dr. Shah) for speaker for 2015 conference.

At the present time it was decided to keep the conference at Salvatores. If anyone wants to look into other areas to hold the conference check it out and bring it back to the coalition.

Vaccine Safety Coalition

No report available.

They are interested in holding a  film screening event sponsored by Buffalo Pediatric Society and AAP for Invisible Threat, to coincide with Infant and Child Vaccination Month (April 2014); event would include film, speaker (perhaps Dr. Burstein or Dr. Nick Yates) and refreshments.

Karm suggested that Renee make the Finger Lakes coalition aware of the Invisible Threat film when she goes to their meeting.

Vaccine Puzzle – Form was passed out and reviewed. There were a few changes to be made- spelling and punctuation.  Hopefully this will be done for the Jan. 2014 meeting. It was suggested by Karen that we use tear off pads for the puzzle. It was also suggested that we have color and black and white copies on the web site to copy. Lisa also suggested that one of these be made for adolescents.

Resource Document – Karm contacted Traveler’s Health, Jericho Road Family Practice and Great Lakes Community Physicians to see if they would like to be added as community immunization resource but there was no response from them. Karen Menza thinks that she has a document similar to this.

Invisible Threat Film– Beverly contacted someone at NCCC re: showing this but was told it would not fit into the nursing student’s schedule. We will tag along with the Vaccine Safety group when they show the film. Scott suggested school nurses and Beverly thought of the Nurse Practitioner group. It was also suggested it be shown to PA group’s .Karen Menza suggested that we ask at the conference about people interested in viewing the film.

Ongoing

Ongoing

Beverly to email Dr. D re: speaking topic. Beverly to work on the agenda and contact the speakers re: time allowances.

Lacie might be able to help with the popcorn.

To be reviewed at meeting in January.

Ongoing

Ongoing

Renee to check into this for 2015 for speaker.

Ongoing

Renee to speak to the Finger Lakes coalition re: this.

To be reviewed at Jan meeting.

Karen Menza to let Karm know about this.

Karm to make some calls re: this.

Ongoing

NYSDOH Update

County Update

Manufacture Updates

2014 IAP work plans to be sent out in January, 2014 so the counties have more time to work on them.

FAQs for Influenza Regulations for prevention of influenza transmission.

NYSIIS Webinar was held on VFC vaccine ordering online from NYSIIS. 12/09 to start being able to order online.

CDC webinar 12/12/13-Dr. Kroger

Dr Berger flu webinar was cancelled.

Erie County: Held employee/staff flu clinic – 710 vaccinated; working on grants and ongoing visits, duties, etc Have seen an increase in parent hesitancy for vaccine.

Niagara County: Had NYSDOH review in November, Waiting for report.  Received a $1500 Billing Grant from the NYSDOH  to assist with immunization billing. We are looking into getting software/EMR to use in our clinics.

Genesee County: having issues with AFIX and EMRs.

Orleans County:  not represented – no update

SUNY at Buffalo: no update

MedImmune: shipped over 10 million doses and has up to 1 million doses available for re-order for private orders.

VFC-30,000 doses of Flumist available. For doses that were expiring in Jan, there is a replacement program.

GSK: not present.

Merck: Supplies good. Order by 12/19 due to the holiday delivery will be delayed.

Novartis: not present

Pfizer: not present

Sanofi: High dose and intradermal flu available. Canada facility up and running by 1/14.

Renee

Ongoing

Karen

Beverly

Collette

Eileen

Molly/Lisa

Scott

New Business

National Influenza Week 12/8/13-12/14/13.This was put on our website. Promote this in your practice. Dr. Beverly may write and article for the Buffalo paper and the Niagara Gazette.  Dr. Burstein was unable to do this and she had already had an article on flu in the paper.

NYSIIS conference call 12/2/13: Vaccine Ordering Oline on NYSIIS. Also reporting temps online now. Need to use NYSIIS inventory- order online, accept order when it arrives and it will automatically populate the vaccines and lot numbers into your inventory. With NYSIIS update they added an update that will deduct your doses administer from NYSIIS inventory if you are a data user.  There is also Part 1 training-Getting Ready for Vaccine Ordering on WEBEX from the NYSDOH.  Private pay vaccine will have to be manually entered.

ANA ImmunNews: There is an article on Pediatric Intramuscular Injections: Guidelines for Best Practices. Information re: meningitis at Princeton University-type B. 11/21/13-US Flu activity low but there were 2 flu related pediatric deaths in the South where flu is on the rise.  MMWR 11/15/13: Use of Japanese Encephalitis Vaccine in Children: ACIP voted in June, 2013 to include children aged 2 months-16 years in the recommendations for use of the vaccine. Even healthy children can die from flu complications: from October 2004-September 2012, most of the 830 children that died from flu-related complications were not vaccinated and pneumonia was the most commonly reported complication.

Vaccinate Adults: out for November, 2013

Needle Tips: out for November, 2013. Don’t just offer HPV vaccine to parents and preteens-talk about how important the vaccine is. Your approach to discussing HPV vaccination with parents influences whether they get their child vaccinated.  January, 14 is Cervical Awareness Month

IAC Express November, 2013

CDC 12/12/13 Net Conference- will focus on influenza. Registration closes 12/10-then will be archived.

CDC has published Q/A on Meningococcal Serogroup B.

Lisa reported that the NYSDOH secured a HPV grant. Information should be coming soon.

Meeting schedule for next year was handed out. Elaine reported that our meeting place might be cancelled. They have lost their lease and will be moving out of the building. We will not be able to meet at Independent Health anymore since Elaine states there will not be any room at the new buildings. She is not sure when this will happen but we will need to be prepared in case it occurs at the last minute. Karen Menza will look into having the meetings at ECDOH if there is a spare room. Beverly and Karm will check into this also.

Karen, Bev and  Karm to look into this.

Financial Update

No change from last month $7,399.05

Karen

Lead Update

No longer a shortage of the chelating drug

Stephanie

Next Meeting:

Wednesday December 4, 2013 at IHA 8:30am

 Respectfully submitted by Karmell Macoretta