Shots On-Line

Shots On-line for smartphones and other handheld devices is an educational tool developed by the Group on Immunization Education of the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine.

Shots''On-lineis a mobile web application that is a resource on immunizations. It is available for iPhone/iPod Touch, Android, and Blackberry devices.Shots'' software is also available for standard Palm and Windows based PDAs. Information is easily accessed via drop-down menus. The on-line version for PCs and the mobile web application can be accessed at http://www.immunizationed.org/ShotsOnline.aspx.

Shots contains the unified, ACIP-approved childhood, adolescent, adult, catch-up and medical indications schedules for the United States. Drop-down menus provide details AbOUT every vaccine and include: Basics, High Risk Indications, Adverse Reactions, Contraindications, Catch-Up, Administration, Risk Communications, Brand Names, Epidemiology and Pictures of Vaccine Preventable Diseases. As new vaccines become available and recommendations are made, they are added to the applications.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention links to this application from their web site at: http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/recs/schedules/child-schedule.htm