Pediatrics PRN Focus Session — Back to the Future: Why Today’s Vaccine Decisions Revive Yesterday’s Threats

This session will provide a review of the most up-to-date data on vaccination rates in childhood across the United States. Presenters will aim to educate attendees on how to manage vaccine-preventable diseases. Many younger practitioners have not treated diseases like measles, mumps, diphtheria, and pertussis before. Medical management of these disease states is becoming more important as they continue to increase with decreasing vaccination rates. It is the purpose of this session to provide the pharmacist with the knowledge and tools necessary to appropriately manage these patients and to empower them to address questions and concerns from patients and their caregivers. A 20-minute Q&A with session speakers will follow these dynamic presentations.

Moderator: Elizabeth K. Bisaccia, Pharm.D., BCPPS

Childhood Vaccination Trends: Decades of Data and Public Health Risks Amid Declining Rates 2:15 p.m. to 2:50 p.m. Speaker: Kelly L. Matson, Pharm.D., BCPPS

Review and Management of Resurgent Diseases Amid Declining Vaccination Rates 2:50 p.m. to 3:25 p.m. Speaker: Laura Lo Castro Bio, Pharm.D., BCIDP, BCPS Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Infectious Diseases Lead Pharmacist, Antimicrobial Stewardship Program Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford Palo Alto, CA   View Biography

Q&A with Panelists 3:25 p.m. to 3:45 p.m.