Join us for our upcoming live webinar sessions to learn how Florida SHOTS can help you assess the immunization coverage levels for your practice. Whether you want to review how well you did during the recent back-to-school rush, or are a Vaccines for Children participant and want to track the up-to-date percentages for all the necessary childhood and adolescent vaccinations, you won't want to miss this! Click HERE to view dates and register!

Check out the current online issue of our newsletter, “SHOTS Tracker.”  In this issue, we highlight the “Current Announcement” section on the registry login page, which is the quickest way to find details about recent Florida SHOTS updates and changes. This issue also features tips on minimizing duplicate records, tech tips, and much more! You can access it here in English or Spanish.

All adults, including pregnant women, should get the influenza (flu) vaccine each year to protect against seasonal flu. Every adult should have one dose of Tdap vaccine (tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis or whooping cough) if they did not get Tdap as a teen, and then get the Td (tetanus and diphtheria) booster vaccine every 10 years. Pregnant women should receive a Tdap vaccine each time they are pregnant, preferably at 27 through 36 weeks.

Adults 60 years and older are recommended to receive the shingles vaccine. Additionally, adults 65 and older are recommended to receive one or more pneumococcal vaccines. Some adults younger than 65 years with certain high-risk conditions are also recommended to receive one or more pneumococcal vaccinations.

Adults may need other vaccines (such as hepatitis A, hepatitis B, and HPV) depending on their age, occupation, travel, medical conditions, vaccinations they have already received, or other considerations. For more information about adult vaccines click HERE. #NIAM

Join us for our live webinar sessions this month. The private provider sessions will review how to return VFC expired flu vaccines, and County Health Department sessions will cover the “Assessing Immunization Coverage Levels” reports. Click HERE to view dates and register!

During your back-to-school appointments, make sure your preteen and teen patients are getting these four vaccines to protect against serious diseases:

• Meningococcal conjugate vaccine to protect against meningitis and blood infections (septicemia).
• HPV (human papilloma virus) vaccine to protect against cancers caused by HPV.
• Tdap vaccine to protect against tetanus, diphtheria, and whooping cough (pertussis).
• A yearly flu vaccine to protect against seasonal flu.

Teens and young adults may also be vaccinated with a serogroup B meningococcal vaccine. Check the childhood immunization schedule for all recommended vaccines for preteens and teens HERE. #NIAM

The Immunization Status page within the Florida SHOTS patient record is a great tool to verify that your patient is up-to-date with their immunizations. The status is patient-specific and based on the ACIP recommendations and vaccines that have been entered into the patient record. This page also helps you determine which vaccine series are incomplete and the possible vaccines that can be administered.

For the immunization schedule click HERE. #NIAM