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A3: Post-Partum Vaccination: Perspectives from Hospital Programs and Obstetricians | |||
| Presenters in this workshop will discuss 1) experiences with implementing a hospital “cocooning” program to protect newborns from pertussis, 2) the effects of in-patient education on Tdap administration post-partum, and 3) the views of obstetricians and gynecologists regarding their role as vaccinators and their knowledge of vaccine recommendations. | |||
| Moderator: | Tejpratap Tiwari | ||
| 11:00 AM | Introductory Remarks | ||
| 11:05 AM | 5 | Hospital Immunization Program to "Cocoon" Newborns Against Pertussis Kathie Lloyd, Jeanette O'Brien | |
| 6 | The effect of patient education on tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis (Tdap) immunization rates in post-partum women Janet Sullivan, Benjamin Kinnear, Kristin Koehn | ||
| 11:35 AM | 7 | Immunization Practices and Knowledge of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Meaghan Leddy, Britta Anderson, Stanley Gall, Jay Schulkin | |
| 11:50 AM | Discussion | ||