Make a Strong Flu Vaccine Recommendation: Information for Health Care Professionals [2017, 65 Years and Older]

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• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
• Description:
  DC recommends everyone 6 months of age and older get an influenza vaccine every year. Vaccination is especially important for people 65 years and older because of their high risk of developing serious complications from flu. ; Your Vaccine Recommendation is Critical ; As a health care professional, your strong recommendation is a critical factor in whether your patients get a flu vaccine. Research indicates that adults are likely to get their flu vaccine if their doctor or health care provider recommends it to them. Most adults believe vaccines are important, but they need a reminder from you to get vaccinated. ; Last Updated October 18, 2017 ; CS HCVG-15-FLU-113 10/18/2017 ; make-strong-vaccine-recommendation-65.pdf
• Subjects:
  • Influenza, Human/prevention & control
  • Influenza Vaccines
  • Vaccination
• Series:
  Fight Flu
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• Pages in Document:
  2 unnumbered pages
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/59163/cdc_59163_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 424.54 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
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