Incorporating scannable forms into immunization data collection processes: a mixed-methods study.

Introduction: Individual-level immunization data captured electronically can facilitate evidence-based decision-making and planning. Populating individual-level records through manual data entry is time-consuming. An alternative is to use scannable forms, completed at the point of vaccination and subsequently scanned and exported to a database or registry.

Barriers to the use of reminder/recall interventions for immunizations: a systematic review.

Background: Although many studies have demonstrated the benefits of reminder/recall (RR) measures to address patient under-immunization and improve immunization coverage, they are not widely implemented by healthcare providers. We identified providers' perceived barriers to their use from existing literature.

Methods: We conducted a systematic review of relevant articles published in English between January 1990 and July 2011 that examined the perceptions of healthcare providers regarding barriers to tracking patient immunization history and implementing RR interventions.

Approaches to immunization data collection employed across Canada during the pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza vaccination campaign.

Objectives: A critical component of the 2009 H1N1 vaccination campaign was the collection of immunization data at the point of care. To meet reporting requirements and to ensure timely availability of coverage information, many jurisdictions across Canada employed new or modified approaches to vaccine data collection. The objective of this study was to observe and characterize the range of influenza immunization data collection approaches used across Canada.

Outbreak of Escherichia coli 0157:H7 related to animal contact at a petting zoo.

Objective: To determine the cause of an outbreak of Escherichia coli 0157:H7 related to animal exposures so that further transmission could be prevented.

Design: Description of laboratory investigations and a case control study.

Setting: Agricultural pavilion at an annual fair in Ontario.

An amantadine hydrochloride dosing program adjusted for renal function during an influenza outbreak in elderly institutionalized patients.

Objective: We tested the hypothesis that individualized dosing of amantadine hydrochloride, based upon a patient's creatinine clearance, would maintain efficacy against influenza A infection while reducing adverse reactions to the drug.

Design: A prospective cohort study

Participants: Residents of two nursing homes with a total population of 301 individuals

Intervention: Amantadine hydrochloride was administered prophylactically subsequent to a confirmed influenza A outbreak. The dose was individualized based upon the resident's calculated creatinine clearance.