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2014 APhA Pharmacy-Based
IMMUNIZATION DELIVERY
APhA Pharmacy-Based
IMMUNIZATION DELIVERY
A National Certificate Training Program
Module 3. Vaccine-Preventable Diseases
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© 2014, American Pharmacists Association. All rights reserved.
2014 APhA Pharmacy-Based
IMMUNIZATION DELIVERY
Learning Objectives
At the completion of this activity, participants will be able to:
1. escribe the epidemiology, clinical features, and
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potential complications of diseases that can be
prevented with vaccines.
2. dentify vaccines available in the U.S. market for
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each vaccine-preventable disease and describe their
features.
3. Identify the contraindications and precautions for the
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use of vaccines available in the United States.
4. Use recommendations from the Advisory Committee
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on Immunization Practices to identify target groups
for receipt of each vaccine.
Introduction
To prepare pharmacists for vaccine delivery, this module
reviews the most common vaccine-preventable diseases and
the vaccines used to prevent them. The discussion includes the
epidemiology, clinical features, and potential complications
of each disease, vaccine indications and contraindications,
vaccine dosage and administration information, and important
vaccine-related adverse effects. The vaccine-preventable
diseases are presented here in the order in which they
appear in the 2013 adult immunization schedule, followed by
vaccines that appear only on the childhood and adolescent
immunization schedule. This module concludes with a brief
discussion of vaccines that do not appear on these schedules,
including vaccines for rabies, international travel, and acts of
bioterrorism, and a look at the development of future vaccines.
Influenza
Influenza is a highly infectious respiratory illness caused by
a virus of the orthomyxovirus family.1 The influenza virus is
primarily spread by aerosolized respiratory droplets from a
cough or...