Protecting Patients at a Time of Limited Supply of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine CME

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Protecting Patients at a Time of Limited Supply of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine CME

Faculty: Susan Lett, MD; Henry R. Shinefield, MD
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Release Date: August 22, 2002; Valid for credit through August 22, 2003

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Table of Contents

What You Can Do While the Supply of PCV7 is Limited -- And Afterward
Objective
Introduction
Documented Success Story
Need for a Conjugate Vaccine
Results of Clinical Trials
Recommendations for Using PCV7
A Temporary Situation
Healthy Children
Children at Highest Risk of Invasive Pneumococcal Disease
Efficacy of a 2-Dose Regimen
Follow-up
Maximizing Infant Protection
Time for Reassurance
References

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