immunization registries

[GWHS NURSE]

>Hi from Mississippi! I work for the State Dept. of Health as District III

>Supervising Nurse (nine couties out of 82 and located in the rural Delta).

>Our agency is in the process of implementing a state wide imm. registry

>which includes all public and private providers. If you are interested in

>details, I will be glad to give you a contact person in our main office in

>Jackson, MS. Our state imm. rate is almost at the 90% goal; my district

>exceeded the goal this year. I have approx. 50 nurses throughout the nine

>county area that do a great job with immunizations. Let me hear from you if

>you would like more information.

>

>Janette McCrory, MSN, RNC

>

>At 01:30 PM 1/16/98 -0800, you wrote:

>>Greetings from Alaska!  I'm a new participant.  As nurse manager of a

>>sparsely populated but large geographic area we are considering the

>>formation of a local immunization registry.  Anyone have any experience

>>with a population of 50,000?  Thanks.

>>

Hi Janette from Mississippi!

I am very interested in learning more about immunization registries.  Here
in Philadelphia, PA we have none and it makes my job as a school nurse
difficult at times.  Congratulations on your success in Mississippi.  Will
you please send me more information or the name of the contact person at my
e-mail address.

Thank you very much,

 Maida Aviad, MSN, RN
 maviad at mail.phila.k12.pa.us