December 1, 2016
Arizona AFIX-IIS Integration
To develop reports needed for AFIX assessments, the Arizona program transitioned from CoCASA to using their IIS. The key steps involved in transition…
October 6, 2016
#BhepBfree – Hepatitis B Social Media Awareness Campaign
Washington State hosted a social media awareness campaign encouraging hepatitis B immunization and testing starting with birth-dose vaccination. A hashtag (#BhepBfree) was created…
October 6, 2016
Implementation of Data Loggers for Vaccine Temperature Monitoring in Massachusetts
After evaluating and testing several different data loggers, Massachusetts selected the Berlinger Fridge-tag 2 data logger for pilot testing in 2013. The following…
September 29, 2016
Vermont Vaccines for Adults Program
To increase Vermont’s adult immunization rates, the immunization program created a “universal vaccine program” to make all adult vaccines (except flu) available at…
September 28, 2016
Washington State Kindergarten Immunization Report Card [2017 Bull’s-Eye Award Winner]
Seeking a new approach to reduce exemption and out-of-compliance rates from school requirements, Washington began returning kindergarten immunization data to school administrators and…
September 28, 2016
Rhode Island VFC Site Visits in the Hospital Setting
In Rhode Island, the program maintains a partnership with the hospitals and utilizes VFC site visits to provide hospitals with updated information on…
September 28, 2016
Rhode Island Off Year VFC Comprehensive Site Visits
Conducting VFC site visits annually, instead of every-other-year as required, helps the RI program build a stronger partnership with VFC practices. The “off-year”…
September 28, 2016
Public Availability of Immunization Rates, by School, in Massachusetts
To increase public access to and awareness of immunization rates in local communities (individual childcares and schools), the Massachusetts immunization program sought to…
September 28, 2016
Local Health Department-Based Interventions to Reduce Conditional Entrants in California Schools [2017 Bull’s-Eye Award Winner]
Conditional Entrants (CEs) are children who have not received all required immunizations for age or grade but cannot yet receive one or more…
September 23, 2016
Louisiana Perinatal HepB
The Louisiana program has identified Perinatal Hepatitis B cases labeled as “lost to follow-up” as a target area for improvement, with a goal…