Immunization Reports

Public Provider Immunization Assessments in Indiana
2002 Assessment Results

Recommendations and Conclusions

Public providers with high immunization coverage levels are congratulated for their efforts to improve immunization rates in Indiana. Please keep up your efforts in the immunization field.
Public providers with low immunization rates should work diligently to improve their immunization coverage levels.
Vaccine shortages experienced in 2002 may have contributed to low immunization coverage levels in some public provider practices.
Improvements in the documentation of vaccines will lead to a more accurate analysis of immunization coverage levels. Better documentation will lead to a clearer understanding of which areas of immunization practices need to be addressed to help raise coverage levels statewide.
Implementation and use of reminder and recall systems are essential for improving the single antigen and vaccination series coverage levels among a provider�s active patient population.
Continued efforts need to be made to eliminate the dropout rate between the first and final doses of individual vaccines, particularly for the DTaP vaccine.