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Quality Improvement:

START BY CREATING YOUR OWN IMMUNIZATION PROTOCOL

Published on Tue Sep 01, 2009

Make use of extensive QIO resources.

You need not reinvent the wheel: this sample immunization protocol will give you a place to start. Begin by looking at your own procedures says Chicago-based regulatory consultant Rebecca Friedman Zuber. Figure out which processes you already do and what you need to add or modify.

This sample protocol from the Texas QIO, TMF Health Quality Institute (at TMF.org), can be your catalyst:

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