ACIP - Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices:
Questions And Answers
Roles of ACIP Right Ans - give advice/recommendations to CDC about use
of vaccines in US
Has own charter/set of rules to follow
Makes immunizations schedules
Public health advice to reduce incidence of disease and increase safe use of
vaccines
VFC - routinely administered vaccine coverage by vaccines for children safety
VFC - Vaccines for Children Right Ans - provides entitlement to free vaccine
for children 0-18 yo who are uninsured, Medicaid-eligible, American
Indian/Alaskan Native or underinsured
ACIP tasks (5) Right Ans - consider disease epidemiology and burden
vaccine efficacy and effectiveness
vaccine safety
economic analysis
implementation issues
main vaccine benefits Right Ans - routine vaccines save thousands of lives
(33,000)
saves billions in indirect costs (33 billion)
prevents disease (14 million)
reduces health care costs (9.9 million)
reduction in vaccine cost has increased vaccination rates
vaccine safety overview Right Ans - FDA - licenses vaccines
ACIP - tells CDC how to safely use vaccines
vaccine licensure process Right Ans - preclinical, phase I, phase II, phase III,
post-marketing
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