Medical and Public Health Professionals

• Clinical and Public Health Guidance
• H1N1 Vaccine Provider Information
• H1N1 Vaccine Patient Materials
• Surveillance and Testing

Clinical and Public Health Guidance

• U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – Guidance web site continuously updated.
• Pneumococcal Vaccine – CDC guidance on the importance of pneumococcal vaccine during flu outbreaks.

H1N1 Vaccine Provider Information

Vaccine Provider Registration

• New Jersey H1N1 Vaccination Program and Clinical FAQs [pdf 203k] updated (5/6/10)
• Listen to the Statewide H1N1 Provider Teleconference Calls

Standing Orders for Administering Vaccines (Immunization Action Coalition)

• H1N1 Influenza
• Seasonal Influenza

H1N1 Vaccine Dose Spacing

• Children 6 Months through 9 Years of Age [pdf 16k] (11/20/09)
• Administration with Seasonal Influenza and Other Vaccines [pdf 16k] (11/20/09)
• Dose Spacing and Administration with Seasonal Influenza and Other Vaccines [pdf 17k] (11/20/09)

Legal and Financial Issues

• Federal Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness (PREP) Act Q & A (USHHS)
• H1N1 Vaccine Financing Q & A (CDC)

H1N1 Vaccine Patient Materials

Screening Questionnaires – (Immunization Action Coalition)

Vaccine Information Statements

• Injectable H1N1 Influenza Vaccine [English] [Español pdf 122k] [Chinese pdf 138k]
• Intranasal H1N1 Influenza Vaccine [English] [Español pdf 78k] [Chinese pdf 140k]

Consent Forms

• H1N1 Injectable Influenza Vaccine Consent Form - Template
  [word 50k] (10/19/2009)
• H1N1 Intranasal Influenza Vaccine Consent Form - Template
  [word 114k] (10/19/2009)

Other Languages – Information and Educational Materials

• www.flu.gov – Flu home page for the U.S.  en Español  Mandarin Vietnamese 

• Flu Essentials from flu.gov -- One-page fact sheets on flu topics in 10 languages. 

• healthtranslations.com -- This Missouri Hospital Association web site has health fact sheets and other publications in more than 40 languages.

Surveillance and Testing

• Surveillance and Testing for H1N1 Influenza in Humans, August 24, 2009 [pdf 68k]
• Surveillance and Testing Algorithm, September 9, 2009 [pdf 22k]

Sign Up for Public Health Alerts
All medical professionals are encouraged to sign up to receive automatic public health alerts from the Department via email.  To sign up, you must first join NJ LINCS (Local Information Network and Communications System). To join:

• Go to www.njlincs.net/home.aspx
• Click on “New Users” on the left side of the screen
• Click on link to listing of NJ LINCS Agencies (center of page)
• Send an email to your local LINCS Agency requesting a LINCS account