Resources
Additional immunization resources.
The following organizations and resources give practical immunization information
to complement GOT YOUR SHOTS? A Providers Guide to Immunizations in
Minnesota.
Minnesota Department of Health (MDH)
Minnesota Immunization Program
yy 800-657-3970
yy 651-201-5503
MDH immunization web site
MDH immunization web site offers up-to-date immunization schedules, current
and past issues of our newsletter Got Your Shots? News, fact sheets on vaccines,
and more.
yy www.health.state.mn.us/immunize
MDH order forms for immunization materials
yy www.health.state.mn.us/divs/idepc/immunize/ordermat.html
MDH Got Your Shots? News
Keep up to date on immunization news with MDH’s immunization newsletter. To
receive GOT YOUR SHOTS? NEWS:
yy 651-201-5503 or 1-800-657-3970
yy [email protected] (email)
International travel
MDH does not provide individual travel consultations; see CDC’s Travelers’
Health on page 218.
yy www.health.state.mn.us/divs/idepc/immunize/travel/index.html
Report vaccine-preventable diseases.
yy 651-201-5414 (24 hours/day):
yy 877-676-5414 (toll-free)
yy 651-201-5743 (fax)
yy www.health.state.mn.us/divs/idepc/dtopics/reportable/index.html
Minnesota Vaccines for Children (MnVFC)
yy 800-657-3970 or 651-201-5522
yy Fax: 651-201-5501 (fax)
yy www.health.state.mn.us/vfc
Minnesota Immunization Information Connection (MIIC)
yy 800-657-3970 or 651-201-5503
yy www.health.state.mn.us/divs/idepc/immunize/registry/index.html
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
CDC Vaccine and Immunization Information Contact Center
Answers immunization questions in English and Spanish 24 hours a day, seven
days a week.
yy 800-CDC-INFO or 800-232 4636 (English and Spanish)
yy 888-232-6348 (TTY)
yy [email protected] (email)
CDC’s Travelers’ Health
yy 800-CDC-INFO or 800-232 4636 (English and Spanish)
yy www.cdc.gov/travel/
CDC’s immunization web sites
With the Internet, you have immediate access to CDC’s immunization materials at
these addresses:
yy National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD)
○○ www.cdc.gov/ncird/isd.html
yy Vaccines and Immunizations
○○ www.cdc.gov/vaccines/
yy Vaccine Safety
○○ www.cdc.gov/vaccinesafety/
yy Vaccines for Children
○○ www.cdc.gov/vaccines/programs/vfc/
yy Immunization Information Systems
○○ www.cdc.gov/vaccines/programs/iis/
yy Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
○○ www.cdc.gov/mmwr/
yy ACIP Recommendations
○○ www.cdc.gov/vaccines/pubs/ACIP-list.htm
CDC’s immunization materials
yy Vaccines and Immunizations Publications
○○ www.cdc.gov/vaccines/pubs/
yy Online order form
○○ wwwn.cdc.gov/pubs/ncird.aspx
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“Pink Book” (Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine Preventable
Diseases)
The “Pink Book” (12th edition, April 2011) provides the latest information on
vaccine preventable diseases. This easy-to-read reference book includes general
principles of vaccination and the latest information on vaccine-preventable
diseases. It also serves as the text for CDC’s immunization training course of the
same name. The book costs $35.
You can order the “Pink Book” in several ways:
yy 877-252 1200 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m ET
yy 301-843 0159 (fax)
yy [email protected] (email)
yy http://bookstore.phf.org/product_info.php?products_id=673
yy www.cdc.gov/vaccines/pubs/pinkbook/
Individual chapters of the “Pink Book” in camera ready versions
Immunization Action Coalition (IAC)
The IAC, a nonprofit immunization advocacy and publishing organization, is
considered a premier source of childhood, adolescent and adult immunization
information for providers and the public. Materials are camera ready and copyright
free. Sign up for the IAC Express, an e-mail news service.
yy 651-647-9009
yy www.immunize.org
AAP 2009 Red Book: Report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases
The 28th edition of the American Academy of Pediatric’s (AAP) Red Book: Report
of the Committee on Infectious Diseases contains up to date information on
clinical manifestations, etiology, epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment of more
than 200 childhood infectious diseases.
yy AAP online bookstore
○○ www.aap.org/bookstore/gobook2.cfm
yy AAP Red Book Online
○○ http://aapredbook.aappublications.org/
Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS)
yy 800-822 7967
yy http://vaers.hhs.gov/index
National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (NVICP)
yy 800-338 2382
yy www.hrsa.gov/vaccinecompensation/
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Helpful Web Sites for Immunization Information:
Government
yy Food and Drug Administration Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research
○○ www.fda.gov/cber
yy National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH
○○ www.niaid.nih.gov
Health Professional Associations
yy American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
○○ www.acog.org
yy American Academy of Pediatrics
○○ www.aap.org
yy American Association of Family Physicians
yy www.aafp.org
yy American College Health Association
○○ www.acha.org
yy American College of Physicians
○○ www.acponline.org
yy American Nurses Association
○○ www.nursingworld.org
yy American Public Health Association
○○ www.apha.org
yy Association of Prevention Teaching and Research
○○ www.atpm.org
Other Sources for Immunization Information
yy Allied Vaccine Group
○○ www.vaccine.org
yy Autism Science Foundation
○○ www.autismsciencefoundation.org
yy Bill and Melinda Gates Children’s Vaccine Program
○○ www.gatesfoundation.org/vaccines
yy Current Procedural Terminology (CPT Coding)
○○ www.ama-assn.org
yy Every Child by Two
○○ www.ecbt.org
yy Immunization Action Coalition
○○ www.immunize.org
yy International Society of Travel Medicine
○○ www.istm.org
yy Institute for Vaccine Safety, Johns Hopkins University
○○ vaccinesafety.edu
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yy National Network for Immunization Information
○○ www.nnii.org
○○ www.immunizationinfo.org
yy Parents of Kids with Infectious Diseases
○○ www.pkids.org
yy Shoreland Travel Health Information
○○ www.shoreland.com
yy Vaccine Education Center at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
○○ www.vaccine.chop.edu
Pharmaceutical Companies
Contact a pharmaceutical company for specific product information.
Berna Products Corp.
yy 800-533-5899
yy www.bernaproducts.com
CSL Biotherapies
yy 888-435-8633 [4FLU-OFF]
yy www.cslbiotherapies-us.com
Emergent BioSolutions
yy 877-246-8472 or 517-327-1500
yy www.emergentbiosolutions.com
GlaxoSmithKline
yy 866-475-8222 or 888-825-5249
yy www.gskvaccines.com
Intercell Biomedical
yy 301-556-4500
yy www.intercell.com/main
MedImmune, Inc.
yy 877-358-6478 or 301-398-0000
yy www.medimmune.com
Merck & Co
yy 800-637-2579 or 908-423-1000
yy www.merckvaccines.com
Novartis Vaccines
yy 800-244-7668 or 617-871-8000
yy www.novartisvaccines.com
Pfizer (Wyeth Vaccines)
yy 800-934-5556 or 800-666-7248
yy www.wyeth.com
sanofi pasteur
yy 800-822 2463
yy www.sanofipasteur.us
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