Adult Vaccination in 2010

Moderator: Kenneth E. Schmader, MD
Supported by an educational grant from Merck Sharpe & Dohme Corp.
Learning Objectives: (1) explain the importance of routine vaccination for adults, and strategies to increase immunization rates; (2) utilize the latest evidence for the benefits and risks for pneumococcal and influenza vaccination in older adults; and (3) implement current recommendations for the use of zoster vaccine in the older adults, and address barriers with the implementation of these recommendations.

Pneumococcal Vaccination in Older Adults
Kevin P. High, MD, MS

Influenza Vaccination in Older Adults
Stefan Gravenstein, MD, MPH

Zoster Vaccine: Current Status and Future Prospects
Michael N. Oxman, MD

Strategies to Improve Immunization Rates
Amy H. Lyons, RN, MS, CIC