CommonSpirit Health Physician Enterprise EVP, Dr. Thomas McGinn discusses Polio, Influenza/COVID Twindemic (Fall Predictions, Omicron Booster, 2022 Testing Algorithm), and Vaccine Rate Declines
Guests:
Dr. Renuga Vivekanandan, Division Chief of Infectious Disease and Associate Professor at Creighton University and Dr. Ankita Sagar, System VP for Clinical Standards and Variation Reduction.
Links:
Omicron Booster:
Moderna: https://investors.modernatx.com/news/news-details/2022/Moderna-Announces-Omicron-Containing-Bivalent-Booster-Candidate-mRNA-1273.214-Demonstrates-Superior-Antibody-Response-Against-Omicron/default.aspx
Pfizer: https://www.pfizer.com/news/press-release/press-release-detail/pfizer-and-biontech-announce-omicron-adapted-covid-19
2022 COVID/Influenza Testing for SYMPTOMATIC Ambulatory Patients (note - let's just use this internally): https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fsmbWNFS5trBaOAVzfugDeEgpVCUC02qb-ym-8OjbP4/edit?usp=sharing
Polio Vaccine: https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd/polio/public/index.html
Childhood Vaccination Toolkit for Clinicians: https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/hcp/childhood-vaccination-toolkit.html
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