Vaccinate Adults! New! “Cocooning and Tdap ” online at www.immunize.org/va Action Coalition 1573 Selby Avenue, Suite 234 Web Section on immunize.org St. Paul, MN 55104 Phone: (651) 647-9009 Fax: (651) 647-9131 Newborns have the highest rates of death from pertus- Email: [email protected] sis (whooping cough) because they are too young to Websites: www.immunize.org be vaccinated against the disease. A vaccination strat- www.vaccineinformation.org www.izcoalitions.org egy called “cocooning” involves protecting newborns Vaccinate Adults is a publication of the by vaccinating their close contacts against pertussis Immunization Action Coalition (IAC) writ- with Tdap . Close contacts include parents, ten for health professionals. Content is re- siblings, grandparents, other family members, family viewed by the Centers for Disease Control­ friends, child care providers, and healthcare staff. To and Prevention (CDC) for technical accuracy. provide one-step access to information on cocooning, This publication is supported by CDC Grant No. U38IP000589. The content is solely the IAC has developed a web section titled Cocooning responsibility of IAC and does not neces- and Tdap Vaccination. sarily represent the official views of CDC. ISSN 1526-1824. IAC’s new web section brings together resources Publication Staff from multiple sources, including the Centers for Dis- Editor: Deborah L. Wexler, MD ease Control and Prevention (CDC), state health de- Associate Editor: Diane C. Peterson partments, professional societies, medical journals, Managing Editor: Dale Thompson, MA Edit./Opr. Asst.: Janelle T. Anderson, MA and blogs. You’ll find helpful vaccination-related re- Consultants: Teresa A. Anderson, DDS, MPH sources, such as Advisory Committee on Immuniza- Linda A. Moyer, RN, and Mary Quirk tion Practices (ACIP) recommendations, a cocooning Layout: Kathy Cohen handbook for healthcare providers, pertussis videos, Website Design: Sarah Joy selected journal articles, patient handouts, Power- IAC Staff Point presentations, and much more. You can access Associate Director for Research: the new cocooning web section from the index at the Sharon G. Humiston, MD, MPH www.immunize.org/cocooning Coordinator for Public Health: bottom of IAC’s home page, “Guide to immunize. Laurel Wood, MPA org,” or by using IAC’s search engine. Asst. to the Director: Julie Murphy, MA JOURNAL ARTICLES AND BLOGS Operations Manager: Robin VanOss PERTUSSIS VIDEOS Be sure to check out IAC’s selection of key medical Operations Assistant: Casey Pauly Because video is such a compelling and popular me- journal articles on cocooning, as well as two timely IAC publishes a free email news service dium, IAC is featuring a collection of videos about blog postings. One post (PKIDs.org), which covers (IAC Express) and two free periodicals pertussis and the importance of Tdap vaccination. (Needle Tips and Vaccinate Adults). To the diagnosis of pertussis, is written by James Cherry, subscribe to any or all of them, go to The pertussis-related videos include videos of per- MD, MSc, Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics, Da- www.immunize.org/subscribe. tussis cough in infants and children; educational in- vid Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. The second IAC, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization, formation for healthcare professionals from expert blog, Seattle Mama Doc, is written by Wendy Sue publishes practical immunization informa- commentators; personal testimonies from parents Swanson, MD. It offers an email message template tion for health professionals to help increase who have suffered the tragic loss of their babies to for parents to send to family and friends on the im- immunization rates and prevent disease. pertussis; recent broadcast news coverage; and public portance of getting a Tdap vaccination well ahead of The Immunization Action Coalition is service announcements about the importance of Tdap visiting their new infant. also supported by vaccination for the close contacts of infants. The fea- Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. GlaxoSmithKline • Novartis tured videos are from the following organizations: We also suggest you subscribe to our weekly email sanofi pasteur • Pfizer Inc. California Immunization Coalition’s Shot-by-Shot news service, IAC Express. Once you complete the MedImmune, Inc. • CSL Biotherapies website, CDC, March of Dimes, Medscape, Michigan sign-up form at www.immunize.org/subscribe, you’ll Ortho Clinical Diagnostics, Inc. Department of Community Health, PKIDs, and Texas start receiving email announcements about important Baxter Healthcare Corp. developments related to immunization. American Pharmacists Association Department of State Health Services. Mark and Muriel Wexler Foundation Anonymous Many other generous donors IAC maintains strict editorial indepen- Visit the Immunization Action Coalition’s dence in its publications. IAC Board of Directors website often! www.immunize.org Stephanie L. Jakim, MD Olmsted Medical Center James P. McCord, MD Children’s Hospital at Legacy Emanuel DISCLAIMER: Vaccinate Adults! is available to all readers free of charge. Some of the information in this issue is supplied to us by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Georgia, and some information is supplied by third-party sources. The Immuniza- Sheila M. Specker, MD tion Action Coalition (IAC) has used its best efforts to accurately publish all of this information, but IAC cannot guarantee that the original University of Minnesota information as supplied by others is correct or complete, or that it has been accurately published. Some of the information in this issue is Debra A. Strodthoff, MD created or compiled by IAC. All of the information in this issue is of a time-critical nature, and we cannot guarantee that some of the in- Amery Regional Medical Center formation is not now outdated, inaccurate, or incomplete. IAC cannot guarantee that reliance on the information in this issue will cause no injury. Before you rely on the information in this issue, you should first independently verify its current accuracy and completeness. IAC is Deborah L. Wexler, MD not licensed to practice medicine or pharmacology, and the providing of the information in this issue does not constitute such practice. 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