Disciplines: Pharmacists
Hours: 3 Contact Hours
Author(s): Clark Kebodeaux, PharmD, BCACP
Peer Reviewer(s):
  • Bob Laux, PharmD, BCPS
  • Tammy Tempfer, APRN-BC, MSN, PNP
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    Item#: Y8007
    Contents: 1 Course Book (58 pages)
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    Review of Immunization Practice
    Price $25.95
    Item # Y8007
    When available, the Online Course format is included with the hard copy, eBook, or audio book formats!

    Start Date: September 16, 2016

    Expiration Date: September 15, 2019

    Immunizations are vital to the public health goal of preventing diseases that can cause significant death and disability. In the 19th and 20th centuries, diseases such as influenza whooping cough, measles, mumps, and rubella were prevalent and killed hundreds of thousands of those infected. During the 1918 influenza pandemic, millions of people died worldwide. Today, laboratories responsible for creating annual influenza vaccines must quickly anticipate the ever-evolving viruses. To stop an epidemic, not only do laboratories need to develop the right vaccines, but patients and providers themselves need to make the effort to be vaccinated.

    Immunizations protect not only the immunized patient, but also those with whom they come into contact. Vaccines can protect communities as well as individuals, and increases in vaccine administration rates have been shown to significantly reduce morbidity, mortality, and treatment costs.

    The purpose of this course is to provide information on historical and current immunizations that affect patient care, including updated recommendations provided by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. The course begins with a background on current immunization practice and then presents information about general contraindications and precautions. An overview of immunizations for children, adolescents, adults, and special populations is presented. The course is ideal for pharmacists involved in the administration of immunizations as well as those who provide care and teaching to anyone who receives immunizations.

    Universal Activity Number (UAN) - 0607-0000-16-005-H01-P

    Type of Activity - Knowledge

    Topic Designator - 01 – Disease State Management/Drug Therapy


    Includes Updated Recommendations for the 2016-2017 Influenza Season
    Course Objectives
    • Identify and recognize the most up-to-date, authoritative sources for immunization recommendations.
    • Select appropriate and current immunization recommendations for specific populations.
    • Recommend disease prevention and healthful practices to patients.

    Clark Kebodeaux, PharmD, BCACP, is a clinical assistant professor of pharmacy practice and science at the University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy. He graduated from the University of Kansas School of Pharmacy and completed a PGY1 community pharmacy residency at the University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy. Dr. Kebodeaux is an adjunct faculty member at the School of Nursing at St. Louis University and coordinator of the advanced pharmacology course for advanced practice nurse practitioners. In his previous shared faculty role at the St. Louis College of Pharmacy, he ran a pharmacist-based clinic that was responsible for the delivery of community- pharmacy-based clinical services, including medication therapy management, health testing, and immunization delivery. Dr. Kebodeaux served as the primary site preceptor at Walgreens for the PGY1 St. Louis College of Pharmacy community residency program and primary preceptor for several APPE and IPPE student pharmacist rotations. He has completed two separate immunization certifications and is a faculty trainer for the American Pharmacists Association (APhA) Pharmacy-Based Immunization Delivery Certificate program.

    Bob Laux, PharmD, BCPS, is a clinical assistant professor of pharmacy practice at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh. He completed his bachelor of science degree in pharmacy at the University of Pittsburgh in 1977 and his PharmD and pharmacy practice residency in 1985 at Duquesne University. Since 1994, he has been a faculty member at Duquesne University, where he has maintained practice sites in acute care, critical care, and ambulatory care. Dr. Laux facilitates several courses within the Doctor of Pharmacy program, and is an adjunct professor at Carlow University in Pittsburgh, in the Graduate School of Nursing. Dr. Laux currently practices Ambulatory Care at the Duquesne University Center for Pharmacy Care and is the Director of the Spirit of Health program, which provides free screenings, vaccinations, and educational programs to the underserved populations in the Pittsburgh area.

    Tammy Tempfer, APRN-BC, MSN, PNP, works in primary care at Hodge Pediatrics, which is affiliated with Women and Children’s Hospital of Buffalo. She has served as a commissioner on the Health Resources & Services Administration’s Advisory Commission on Childhood Vaccines. She has been the chair of the Immunization Special Interest Group for the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners and was the recipient of the Loretta C. Ford Distinguished Fellow Award.

    • Contact hours will be awarded for up to one (1) year from date of purchase or through the expiration date indicated above, whichever date comes first.
    • You must score 75% or higher on the final exam and complete the course evaluation to pass this course and have your record transmitted to your NABP e-Profile account.
    • Through our review processes, Western Schools ensures that this course content is presented in a balanced, unbiased manner and is free from commercial influence. It is Western Schools’ policy not to accept commercial support.
    • All persons involved in the planning and development of this course have disclosed no relevant financial relationships or other conflicts of interest related to the course content.