You Call the Shots: Ensure Safe Vaccination Practices

Sep 20, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

As the 2017 influenza season begins, it is important to remember that you call the shots when it comes to safe vaccination. To promote safe vaccination, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is launching a campaign to educate and remind providers about proper influenza vaccine administration techniques to help avoid shoulder injuries and other adverse events.

Get comprehensive vaccine administration information and watch a short video on the correct technique for intramuscular injection. Healthcare providers can earn free continuing education by completing the new vaccine administration e-Learn.

Shoulder injuries like bursitis and tendinitis resulting from improper injection technique are errors that can easily be avoided. These errors are more likely to occur among adults than children.

Getting an annual flu vaccination is the best way to prevent the flu. CDC’s influenza website offers a variety of free educational materials on the importance of flu vaccination, aimed at both health care providers and the general public.

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  • #Clinicians: #flu season is beginning. Stay current on vaccine administration best practices with CDC’s new vaccine administration e-Learn http://bit.ly/VAeLearn
  • #Clinicians: #YouCallTheShots for proper vaccine admin. Stay current w/ short video on IM injection http://bit.ly/2eZONhc
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  • #Nurses: Getting ready for #flu season? Brush up on IM injection technique w/ short video http://bit.ly/2eZONhc
  • Available now, updated #VaxAdminElearn has the most up-to-date procedures and guidelines http://bit.ly/VAeLearn
  • Earn #CE credit with the comprehensive and free #VaxAdminElearn available now! http://bit.ly/VAeLearn

About Kim Rodgers

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Kim Rodgers was formerly the Communications Manager at NACCHO.

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