Immunization Policies and Procedures Manual
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IMMUNIZATION POLICIES AND PROCEDURES MANUAL Revised September 2011 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HOSPITALS OFFICE OF PUBLIC HEALTH Louisiana Immunization Program 1450 L & A Road Metairie, LA 70001 Jimmy Guidry, MD State Health Officer Department of Health & Hospitals Bruce D. Greenstein Secretary Department of Health & Hospitals Clayton W. Williams Assistant Secretary Office of Public Health Rubén A. Tapia, MPH Director Immunization Program This Immunization Manual is dedicated to the Immunization Consultants, Public Health Nurses, Clerks, Vaccines for Children providers in recognition of their outstanding achievement in improving immunization coverage rates of Louisiana children. Rev. Sept 2011 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS I. POLICY AND GENERAL CLINIC POLICY PURPOSE ................................................................................................................................................................. 5 POLICY ON CLINIC SCHEDULING ..................................................................................................................... 6 POLICY ON PUBLICITY FOR IMMUNIZATION ACTIVITIES .......................................................................... 8 POLICY ON EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES (HEALTH EDUCATION)............................................................... 9 POLICY ON CHECKING IMMUNIZATION STATUS OF ALL CHILDREN .................................................... 10 POLICY ON MAXIMIZING TIME SPENT WITH PARENTS ............................................................................. 11 POLICY ON ASSISTANCE TO FOREIGN TRAVELLERS ................................................................................. 13 II. POLICY REGARDING CLINIC ORGANIZATION PROTOCOL FOR IMMUNIZATION CLINIC ORGANIZATION ....................................................................... 14 ORDERING OF IMMUNIZATION SUPPLIES .................................................................................................... 17 VACCINE STORAGE REQUIREMENTS ............................................................................................................ 20 POLICY ON POWER OUTAGES ......................................................................................................................... 23 HANDLING OF VACCINE IN THE CLINIC AREA ............................................................................................. 25 POLICY ON TRANSPORTING VACCINE .......................................................................................................... 27 POLICY ON EXPIRATION OF VACCINES AND BIOLOGICS ......................................................................... 29 POLICY ON VACCINE TRANSFERS .................................................................................................................. 30 POLICY ON VACCINE USAGE AND INVENTORY .......................................................................................... 33 III. GENERAL POLICY REGARDING IMMUNIZATION VACCINE ADMINISTRATION RECORD AND VFC PATIENT ELIGIBILITY SCREENING RECORD ........ 40 POLICY ON ROUTE OF ADMINISTRATION .................................................................................................... 42 TECHNIQUES FOR ADMINISTRATION OF INJECTIONS ............................................................................... 43 POLICY ON INFORMING PARENTS OF POTENTIAL VACCINE REACTIONS ............................................ 48 REPORTING OF ADVERSE VACCINE REACTIONS ........................................................................................ 49 SIMULTANEOUS ADMINISTRATION OF VACCINES .................................................................................... 51 MIXING VACCINES ............................................................................................................................................. 52 CHILDREN WITH INTERCURRENT ILLNESS.................................................................................................. 53 POLICY ON IMMUNIZATIONS OF HIV-INFECTED INDIVIDUALS .............................................................. 54 POLICY ON IMMUNE GLOBULIN, BLOOD PRODUCTS AND ROUTINE VACCINATION ........................ 55 POLICY REGARDING UNRULY AND RESISTING CHILDREN...................................................................... 56 RECOMMENDED HANDLING OF THE RESISTING CHILD ........................................................................... 57 EMERGENCY PROTOCOLS POLICY ON THE MANAGEMENT OF EMERGENCY REACTIONS ................................................................ 58 PROTOCOL ON VACCINE REACTIONS AND THEIR MANAGEMENT ......................................................... 59 CARDIAC ARREST PROTOCOL ....................................................................................................................... 62 ANAPHYLAXIS PROTOCOL.............................................................................................................................. 63 PROTOCOL FOR BRONCHOSPASM ............................................................................................................... 67 PROTOCOL FOR RASH AND URTICARIA ...................................................................................................... 68 PROTOCOL FOR DIZZINESS AND FAINTING ............................................................................................... 69 EMPLOYEE VACCINATION POLICY ................................................................................................................ 71 IV. OPH PROGRAM VACCINE POLICIES VACCINE SCHEDULES ....................................................................................................................................... 77 LOUISIANA IMMUNIZATION REQUIREMENTS FOR STUDENTS - R.S.17:170 .......................................... 80 POLICY ON ISSUANCE OF UNIVERSAL CERTIFICATE FOR SCHOOL/CHILD CARE ............................... 82 Rev. Sept 2011 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS (CONTINUED) GUIDELINES FOR EXCLUSION FROM SCHOOL OR DAYCARE .................................................................. 83 POLICY ON IMMUNIZATION RECORDS UTILIZING LINKS ........................................................................ 84 SCHOOLS OF HIGHER LEARNING IN LOUISIANA ......................................................................................... 85 POLICY ON DISEASE REPORTING ................................................................................................................... 86 V. POLICY REGARDING SPECIFIC IMMUNIZATIONS POLICY ON MEASLES VACCINATION ............................................................................................................ 87 PROTOCOL FOR MEASLES RE-VACCINATION .............................................................................................. 88 CHRONOLOGY OF MEASLES VACCINE .......................................................................................................... 89 POLICY ON POST-EXPOSURE TREATMENT FOR MEASLES CONTACTS ................................................. 90 POLICY ON MUMPS VACCINATION ................................................................................................................ 92 POLICY ON RUBELLA VACCINATIONS .......................................................................................................... 93 POLICY ON POLIOMYELITIS VACCINATION ................................................................................................ 94 POLICY ON POLIO SCHEDULES AND RECOMMENDATIONS ...................................................................... 95 POLICY ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B ..................................... 97 POLICY ON HEPATITIS A VACCINATION ......................................................................................................100 ADMINISTRATION OF IMMUNE SERUM GLOBULIN (ISG) ....................................................................... 103 POLICY ON UNIVERSAL HEPATITIS B VACCINATION............................................................................104 ANTEPARTUM PROGRAM FOR HEPATITIS B SCREENING AND PREVENTION .................................... 106 POLICY ON THE IMMUNIZATION OF HIGH-RISK CONTACTS ................................................................. 111 POLICY ON VARICELLA AND MMR-VAR COMBINATION VACCINATION ............................................ 118 POLICY ON DTAP, DT, TD AND TDAP VACCINATIONS ............................................................................... 121 POLICY ON PNEUMOCOCCAL CONJUGATE VACCINE (PCV).................................................................... 124 POLICY ON PNEUMOCOCCAL POLYSACCHARIDE VACCINE (PPSV23)................................................ 129 POLICY ON INFLUENZA VACCINE.................................................................................................................. 131 POLICY ON THE IMMUNIZATION OF ADOLESCENTS ................................................................................ 135 POLICY ON IMMUNIZATION OF HIGH RISK ADULTS WITH HEPATITIS VACCINE ................................ 136 POLICY ON MENINGOCOCCAL (GROUP A, C, Y AND W-135) VACCINATION .......................................... 139 POLICY ON LIVE, ORAL ROTAVIRUS VACCINE ........................................................................................... 140 POLICY ON HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS (HPV) VACCINE .......................................................................... 142 POLICY ON ADMINSTRATION OF RABIES VACCINATION ........................................................................