7.8.2015 Vaccines & Teen’s Check these 3: MCV4, MenB and HPV!

 

As you know, adolescents are consistently under-vaccinated and are not completing their primary vaccine series.  Fortunately, Merck and Sanofi Pasteur have programs and materials to help you get your adolescent patients into your office to update their vaccines.

This is an opportunity not to be missed!

 

Go to MerckVaccines.com, look under the Professional Resources tab and find resources that can help you with this important effort.  And, summer is the most opportune time to accomplish this valuable objective.

 

Access “Adolescent Reminders” here:

https://www.merckvaccines.com/AdolescentReminders/Pages/home

 

We encourage you to take advantage of these resources to positively impact your practice’s service, patient retention, practice promotion and of course, immunization completion rates.

 

Additional  Resources

Sanofi Pasteur: https://www.vaccineshoppe.com/index.cfm?fa=account.wellConnect

 

CDC Teen specific Immunization information:  http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/who/teens/vaccination-coverage.html

 

Raise awareness article for Parents/Teens: 

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia – Vaccine Information Center (for Teens)

http://vec.chop.edu/service/parents-possessing-accessing-communicating-knowledge-about-vaccines/age-groups-and-vaccines/age-groups-and-vaccines-teenagers-13-to-20-years.html

 

Forbes Article:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/tarahaelle/2015/06/17/as-cdc-decides-on-menb-vaccine-next-week-anne-geddes-shares-portraits-of-meningitis-survivors/