This online series of 15 webinars provides an overview of the principles of vaccination, general recommendations, immunization strategies for providers, and specific information about vaccine-preventable diseases and the vaccines that prevent them. Each one-hour webinar explores a chapter from the 13th edition of “Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases,” also known widely as “The Pink Book."
The 13th edition of the Pink Book is available for free online or for purchase as a bound paperback book.
Audience
Immunization Providers: Physicians, Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, Pharmacists, Physician Assistants, DoD Paraprofessionals, Medical Students, state and local immunization programs, etc.
Registration for the 2016 Events
Join CDC weekly for “Pink Book Wednesdays” from 12:00 pm-1:00 pm EDT, starting June 1, 2016.
Continuing Education
CE information for the 2016 series will be posted soon.
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2016 Schedule
(All events begin at noon eastern standard time)
| Date |
Topic |
| June 1 |
Principles of Vaccination |
| June 8 |
General Recommendations: Part 1 |
| June 15 |
General Recommendations: Part 2, and Vaccine Safety |
| June 29 |
Vaccine Storage & Handling and Administration |
| July 6 |
Immunization Strategies |
| July 13 |
Rotavirus and Hep A |
| July 20 |
DTaP /Tdap |
| July 27 |
Varicella/Zoster |
| Aug 3 |
Meningococcal Vaccines |
| Aug 10 |
Polio and Hib |
| Aug 17 |
Measles, Mumps, Rubella |
| Aug 24 |
Influenza |
| Aug 31 |
HPV |
| Sept 7 |
Hepatitis B |
| Sept 21 |
Pneumococcal Vaccines |