Vaccine Update for Healthcare Professionals
This is the Vaccine Education Center's (VEC) website for healthcare providers. Here you will find VEC announcements, current and past articles from our Vaccine Update newsletter and information about our upcoming webinars.
VEC Announcements
Download updated pertusiss and tetanus Q&A sheets and check out a new webpage to help with parents’ questions related to catching up on vaccines and visiting healthcare providers during the pandemic.
Vaccine Update Newsletter June 2020
Vaccine Update is our monthly email newsletter that will keep you up to date on current vaccine-related issues.
- News & Views:
Three current clinical issues resulting from COVID-19 and resources to help - In the Journals:
Susceptibility of children to COVID-19 - From the Media:
COVID-19 and the media: The role of journalism in a global pandemic - On the Bookshelf:
The Vaccine Handbook by Gary S. Marshall, MD
- Technically Speaking:
Preventing preventable vaccine administration errors in your medical setting - On the Calendar:
Find upcoming meetings, webinars and observances - Resources:
Special “It’s not all about COVID-19” resources post
2020 Webinars
Get continuing education credits by viewing Vaccine Education Center webinars.
- Upcoming webinars
- Sept. 23, 2020
- Dec. 9, 2020
- Download the 2020 webinar calendar.
- View past webinars.
Educational Materials
Use our free "Prescription for Information" pads to send your patients and their families to our online information. These pads can be viewed and printed online (English [PDF, 143KB], Spanish [PDF, 146KB]) or ordered using this form [PDF, 113KB] or the online free materials order form.
Introduce your patients and their families to the free program called Parents PACK using the Parents PACK tear pad [PDF, 625KB], so that they have a reliable source of information about vaccines. Parents PACK tear pads can also be ordered free of charge using this form [PDF, 113KB] or the online free materials order form.