APIC position paper: Immunization

The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. (APIC) is a multidisciplinary organization of more than 11,000 health care professionals who practice infection control and epidemiology within a variety of health care settings. As an authority in infection control, APIC...

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Published inAmerican journal of infection control Vol. 27; no. 1; pp. 52 - 53
Main Authors DeCastro, Martha G., Denys, Gerald A., Fauerbach, Loretta L., Ferranti, Joanne K., Hawkins, Kathryn, Masters, Linda C., Rimland, David, Sharbaugh, Robert J., Zeller, Jolynn
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published St. Louis, MO Mosby, Inc 01.02.1999
Mosby
Subjects
Biological and medical sciences
Epidemiology. Vaccinations
General aspects
General populations
Infectious diseases
Medical sciences
Prevention and actions
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
United States
North America
America
Human
Sanitary program
Vaccination
Public health
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Summary:The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. (APIC) is a multidisciplinary organization of more than 11,000 health care professionals who practice infection control and epidemiology within a variety of health care settings. As an authority in infection control, APIC endorses the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommendations that are published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. APIC supports the immunization initiative of the Healthy People 2000: National Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Objectives, which contains a national strategy for significantly improving the health of the nation, including preventing infectious diseases through immunization. (AJIC Am J Infect Control 1999;27:52-3)
ISSN:0196-6553
1527-3296
DOI:10.1016/S0196-6553(99)70074-X