Influenza vax recommendations updated by US ACIP

PharmacoEconomics & Outcomes News 483 - 30 Jul 2005

■ The US Centers for Disease Control andPrevention (CDC) Advisory Committee onImmunization Practices (ACIP) has issued an update ofits 2004 recommendations regarding influenzavaccination and use of antiviral agents. ACIPrecommends vaccination of all individuals with anycondition that could compromise respiratory function,as well as all healthcare workers. In addition, therecommendations clarify the role of live, attenuatedinfluenza virus vaccine during periods wheninactivated influenza vaccine is in short supply.Prevention and control of influenza: recommendations of the AdvisoryCommittee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). Morbidity and MortalityWeekly Report 54: 1-41, 13 Jul 2005 801002146

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