Abstract
Pneumococcal disease is a preventable cause of morbidity and mortality. It can lead to pneumonia, bacteremia and meningitis. S. pneumonia infection is the most common cause of community acquired pneumonia worldwide1. The common serotypes isolated were all covered by the pneumococcal vaccine. Smokers, patients with heart disease, asthma, COPD, diabetes mellitus, alcoholism, liver cirrhosis as well as the immunocompromised are at a greater risk and should be vaccinated. All adults aged 65 years and older should also get the adult Pneumococcal vaccine as long as it has been 5 years since the previous dose and they have no contraindications2.
Highlights
Pneumococcal disease is a preventable cause of morbidity and mortality
All patient visits coded with the Diagnoses “Asthma” and/or “COPD” in the months of May-November 2013 were retrieved from the clinic database with the help of our clinic operations executive and IT support staff
The results showed an improvement in uptake rates with the highest rate of 5.99% in October 2013
Summary
Pneumococcal disease is a preventable cause of morbidity and mortality. It can lead to pneumonia, bacteremia and meningitis. S. pneumonia infection is the most common cause of community acquired pneumonia worldwide[1]. The common serotypes isolated were all covered by the pneumococcal vaccine. Patients with heart disease, asthma, COPD, diabetes mellitus, alcoholism, liver cirrhosis as well as the immunocompromised are at a greater risk and should be vaccinated. All adults aged 65 years and older should get the adult Pneumococcal vaccine as long as it has been 5 years since the previous dose and they have no contraindications[2]
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