Elder Care: A Resource for Interprofessional Providers: Immunizations for Older Adults
University of Arizona College of Medicine
University of Arizona College of Medicine
Sponsor:
Donald W. Reynolds Foundation
Geriatric Education Center (GEC)
Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program (GWEP)
POGOe Id:
21166
Date Posted:
01/18/2019
Date Reviewed/Updated
for Clinical Accuracy:
10/16/2018
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Abstract:
Immunizations for Older Adults is one of a continuing series of practical, evidence based, Provider Fact Sheets which summarize key geriatric topics and provide clinically useful assessments and interventions. Initially developed for remote, rural clinical sites, they are useful for students and health care professionals from many fields and across a very broad range of health care settings.
Educational objectives:
After reading this issue of Elder Care, you should be able to…
- List the influenza vaccine preparations that are FDA-approved for administration to older adults.
- Explain how to administer pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine to older adults who received prior doses before age 65.
- List indications for Tdap vaccine in older adults.
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Subscribers to POGOe are free to reprint Elder Care on their own stationery or in other publications without obtaining specific permission, so long as
- content is not changed,
- no one is charged a fee to use or read the publication,
- authors and their affiliated institutions are noted without change, and
- the reprint includes the following statement: “Reprinted courtesy of the Arizona Reynolds Program of Applied Geriatrics and the Arizona Geriatric Education Center."
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Estimated time to complete:
30 minutes
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Suggested Citation:
Dr. Doug Campos Outcalt. Elder Care: A Resource for Interprofessional Providers: Immunizations for Older Adults. POGOe - Portal of Geriatrics Online Education; 2019 Available from: https://pogoe.org/productid/21166