Prevention Calling is intended to help you protect more adult patients against certain potentially serious diseases through vaccination.

News and links

Healthy People 2020 preventive health goals are available at www.healthypeople.gov.

  • View preventive care and vaccination objectives sponsored by the US Department of Health and Human Services.
  • Encourage your adult patients to see which preventive measures may help keep them healthier.

View and download the CDC's Adult Vaccination Schedule at www.cdc.gov.

Learn more about:

  • Potentially serious diseases that can affect adult patients.
  • Adult vaccines and vaccination schedules.

News and links

We're gearing up to bring you additional information and resources that can help support your year-round efforts to routinely screen and vaccinate appropriate adult patients.

Bookmark this page and check back throughout the year.

Patient education and outreach materials

Patient brochures, posters, and handouts

Helps you educate patients by reminding them that even adults may still be at risk for certain potentially serious diseases.

Outreach E-mail/Letter/Web templates

Helps you get the word out to patients about certain diseases and adult vaccines through e-mail and letter templates or by placing content on your office's Web site.

Resources for your office

Putting Adult Vaccination Into Practice resource

Offers strategies to help you overcome challenges and make adult vaccination more routine in your office.

Pocket resource

Prepares office staff for discussions with patients by providing information about certain potentially serious diseases.

To view PDF documents, you must have Adobe Reader installed on your computer.

To order additional resources, ask your Merck Representative, log in to the Resource Catalogue, or call the Merck Vaccine Customer Center to speak with a Vaccine Account Specialist at 1-877-VAX-MERCK (1-877-829-6372).