CORE MEETING Minutes December 2nd 2008 8:00-9:00am

Agenda that was discussed

Injection Room
1. Call Center will start making appointments for CORE
So far everything the most part are working well. Go live date is January.
We will re-evaluate later.

2. Consent forms and yellow cards are not being filled out before coming to
CORE
We have seen some improvement from East and West Cluster. North
Wing still sends patients over (about 50%) with yellow cards/ consents.
Immunization forms not filled out. However, we have seen Improvement..

This appears to be more of an education issue and we will ask Becky to put on
Agenda for the next all staff Nurse meeting

3. Immunizations:
New vaccine (pentacel) now has Dtap-HIB-Polio. The Staff have voiced concerns
About giving too much HIB, however this issue was discussed with Shiji. Who
Said that it wouldn’t be a problem and to go ahead and give the pentacle.
Another issue that was brought up is the Zostervax. Patients have been coming
In requesting the injection, however there is a nation wide shortage. The vaccine
should be available in June or July.

In the mean time Cindy is keeping track of the all patients that want the Zostervax
Vaccine. Pat suggested that GH send out a flyer telling the patients when the
Vaccine is available.

Some questions were brought up about getting the Zostervax vaccine and preventing
Any chance of getting shingles? Here are some facts that I got from the CDC website:


General Questions about Shingles Vaccine

Is there a vaccine to prevent shingles?
Yes Is. CDC recommends Zostavax for use in people 60 years old and older to prevent shingles. This is a one-time vaccination. Zostavax does not treat shingles or post-herpetic neuralgia (pain after the rash is gone) once it develops.

How effective is the shingles vaccine?
In a clinical trial involving thousands of adults 60 years old or older, Zostavax prevented shingles in about half (51%) of the people and post-herpetic neuralgia in 67% of the study participants. While the vaccine was most effective in people 60-69 years old it also provided some protection for older groups.

I have more information that I got off the CDC. Let me know if you want it