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PDA Corner: Shots 2005Shots 2005 is a quick reference guide for PDAs that provides the 2005 Childhood Immunization Schedule, and the 2004-2005 Adult Immunization Schedule. Within the guide, details about each vaccine are readily available by clicking on the vaccine names.
New for 2005:
• Recommendations for health care workers • Risk Communication • Pictures of vaccine preventable diseases (available for Pocket PC, and coming soon for Palm OS® devices) Shots 2005 can be downloaded free of charge from the Group on Immunization Education of the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine Web site at www.immunizationed.org. The 2005 Childhood Immunization Schedule is a collaboration of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Academy of Family Physicians. The 2004-2005 Adult Immunization Schedule is based on the recommendations of ACIP. This program was developed under a cooperative agreement between the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Group on Immunization Education of the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine, and the University of Pittsburgh, Department of Family Medicine. Content was developed by Richard K. Zimmerman, MD, MPH and Donald B. Middleton, MD, University of Pittsburgh, and Sanford R. Kimmel, MD, Medical College of Ohio. --Judith A. Troy, Project Coordinator, Department of Family Medicine
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