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Immunization Program @
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment,
Disease Control and Environmental Epidemiology Division, 4300 Cherry Creek Drive South,
Glendale 80246 (303) 692-2650 fax: (303) 691-6118 You
can email us at: cdphe.psimmun@state.co.us
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Colorado
Immunizations Manual
For up to date flu vaccine information, please refer to the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention
COLORADO INFLUENZA AND
PNEUMOCOCCAL ALERT COALITION (CIPAC) is a statewide coalition
whose mission is to decrease vaccine-preventable respiratory disease in
Colorado through education and immunizations. Vaccine clinic locations
and flu shot provider information can also be accessed here.
NATIONAL COALITION FOR ADULT
IMMUNIZATION
Consumer education materials on adult immunization.
NATIONAL IMMUNIZATION PROGRAM
(NIP)
Links to related sites
NATIONAL NETWORK FOR
IMMUNIZATION INFORMATION (NNII) features recommended adult and
childhood vaccines, school immunization requirements, background
information on recommended childhood vaccines, immunization schedules,
and answers to questions about childhood vaccines.
IMMUNIZATION
CLINICS
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Denver
Health…. Immunization Clinic
Lowry
Family Health Center, Building 752, 8802 E. 9th Ave (Denver
Health and Hospitals Community Health Services) provides checkups,
immunizations and treatment for minor illnesses (10am to 3pm, M-F)
TRAVEL
IMMUNIZATIONS CLINIC LISTING (also designated Yellow Fever Vaccination
Clinics) Travel
Immunizations Clinic Listing (also designated Yellow Fever vaccination clinics)
WIC
Immunization Screening and Referral - WIC Program’s role is
to find out about a child’s need for immunizations and share that
information with parents, including where to get a child immunized.
REQUIRED to screen the immunization records of all infants and children
under the age of two at WIC certification visits. Parents are
encouraged to bring their infant/child’s immunization record to WIC
appointments so that WIC staff can review the record as part of the WIC
certification process. WIC provides a referral to immunization services,
ideally to the child’s usual source of medical care.
William Eden, Director
Nutrition Services
Colorado Department of Health
FCHSD-NS-A4
4300 Cherry Creek Drive, South
Denver, CO 80246-1530
telephone: (303) 692-2400
toll-free in-state: 1-800-688-7777
fax: (303) 756-9926
email: William.Eden@state.co.us
website:
http://www.cdphe.state.co.us/ps/wic/wichom.asp
Visit the American Academy of Pediatrics website at
http://www.aap.org/family/parents/immunize.htm, to see the latest
immunization recommendations and schedule.
For information regarding childhood immunizations, call the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) at:
The CDC immunization hotline at
1-800-232-2522 (English)
1-800-232-0233 (Spanish)
Or visit CDC’s National Immunization Program website at
http://www.cdc.gov/nip/
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