Health Care Professionals - Leeds, Grenville and Lanark District Health Unit

Immunization & Vaccines
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• Canadian Immunization Guide
• Seventh Edition -2006
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Pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine requistion

Immunization Schedule:
Publicly Funded Immunization Schedules for Ontario - February 2005 (pdf) For information specific to the Ontario immunization schedule and eligibility criteria for high-risk groups

Notices:

March 7, 2007
RE: Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine Supply Shortage
Dear Doctor/Health Care Provider:
I am writing to advise you of a shortage of the pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (PPV), and how the
limited supply of the vaccine is being managed.

Important Notice: Shortage of Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine (PPV)

Resource Links

Canadian Immunization Guide Seventh Edition - 2006
All recommendations by the National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) on the use of vaccines in Canada are contained in the Canadian Immunization Guide
For access to the entire guide:

Statement on Influenza vaccination for the 2006-2007 season
National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) information on influenza vaccination

Immunization & Vaccines
Information on immunization and vaccines from the Public Health Agency of Canada
For access to vaccine specific information:

Health Update
Information for health care providers on the expansion of publicly funded immunization program (specifically information of the conjugate pneumococcal vaccine, the chicken pox vaccine and the meningococcal meningitis vaccine)

Vaccine Fact Sheets
For patient information, please refer to the Health Unit's public information on vaccines and immunization
http://www.healthunit.org/immunization/factsheets/factsheets.htm
For patient fact sheets from the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care including vaccine fact sheets in a variety of languages, see below
http://www.health.gov.on.ca/english/providers/pub/pub_menus/pub_immun.html