Attention Prenatal Care Providers:
CDPH Survey on Tdap vaccine for Pregnant Women

As part of efforts by the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) to prevent infant deaths due to pertussis, recommendations to vaccinate pregnant women with tetanus, diphtheria and acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccine were issued in July 2010.  Click here to view the recommendations.

In addition, in June  2011, the U.S. Advisory Committee on Immunization Practice (ACIP), voted to recommend that pregnant women receive Tdap. Click here to view the recommendations.These recommendations are in line with the overall Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) strategy to reduce the burden of pertussis disease in infants.

CDPH would like to gather information about the use of vaccines in OB-GYN patients, including whether or not pregnant women are receiving Tdap in California as well as data on barriers to vaccinating pregnant women.

Click on the link below to view letter from CDPH:

Prenatal-Provider-Survey-Letter-Aug-2011.pdf

Your assistance in completing an online survey as soon as is feasible will be greatly appreciated. We are requesting one response per practice or clinic. All questions refer only to OB-GYN patients. No information about individual responses will be made public.

The survey may be found at:

 https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/DJLZ8WH