Webinar: 2025-2026 Respiratory Season Immunization Updates and Recommendations

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Respiratory season is right around the corner! This webinar will provide up-to-date information on the immunization recommendations for influenza, COVID-19, and RSV for the 2025-2026 respiratory season.  The webinar will cover updates to the available vaccines and other important changes public health and healthcare professionals should be aware of this season, including vaccine ordering, administration, and storage.  Attendees will also gain a better understanding of the goals of the CDC’s Influenza Sentinel Provider Program and how organizations in West Virginia can enroll.

Registration:

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Objectives:

By the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:

• Describe the influenza vaccination recommendations for the upcoming season;
• Describe the recommendations for COVID-19 vaccination;
• Describe the RSV prevention products that are available and understand their recommendations for use; and
• Describe the goal of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s Influenza Sentinel Provider Program and how WV facilities can enroll.

Presenters:

Krista D. Capehart, PharmD, MS, BCACP, FAPhA, Clinical Professor, Department of Clinical Pharmacy; Director of the Wigner Institute for Advanced Pharmacy Practice, Education and Research, West Virginia University School of Pharmacy

Mandy Harper, MPH, Epidemiologist II and Influenza Surveillance Coordinator, Office of Epidemiology and Prevention Services, West Virginia Bureau for Public Health

Webinar Materials:

2025 Resp Update Presentation Slides_DrCapehart

Continuing Education:

Continuing Education is no longer available for this event.

DISCLOSURE AND MITIGATION

The CAMC Institute for Academic Medicine and West Virginia Immunization Network, the Center for Rural Health Development Inc. controls the content and production of this CE activity and attempt to ensure the presentation of balanced, objective information. In accordance with the Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education established by the ACCME, faculty, abstract reviewers, paper presenters/authors, planning committee members, staff and any others involved in planning the educational content must disclose any relationship they or their co-authors have with ineligible companies which may be related to their content. The ACCME defines “relevant financial relationships” as financial relationships in any amount occurring within the past 24 months that create a conflict of interest. All presenters, planning committee and faculty have declared no financial interest with an ineligible company for this educational activity.

Accreditation

In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by the West Virginia Immunization Network, Center for Rural Health Development Inc. and CAMC Institute for Academic Medicine. CAMC Institute for Academic Medicine is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Physicians-.  The CAMC Institute for Academic Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.5 hours for AMA PRA Category I Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nurses The CAMC Institute for Academic Medicine is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. This offering has been approved for 1.5 contact hours (JA0026-26-CE1032)

Pharmacy The CAMC Institute for Academic Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.  To receive credit, participants must complete the sign-in sheet, attend each session and complete an evaluation. ACPE credits will be posted online to the CPE Monitor within six (6) weeks following the activity. This knowledge-based activity provides 1.5 contact hours (JA0006133-9999-25-040-L06-P)