General Medical Flyer - Q3 2019 - 3

Are Your Child Patients Ready to Return to School?
With summer in full swing, it's easy for parents to forget that school is just around the
corner. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) stresses the importance
of immunization for babies and young children as well as preteens and teens.
Create a Culture of Immunization

Recommended Child and Adolescent Immunization Schedule for ages 18 years or younger
United States, 2019

Table 1

These recommendations must be read with the Notes that follow. For those who fall behind or start late, provide catch-up vaccination at the earliest opportunity as indicated by the green bars in Table 1.
To determine minimum intervals between doses, see the catch-up schedule (Table 2). School entry and adolescent vaccine age groups are shaded in gray.
Vaccine

Birth

Hepatitis B (HepB)

1 mo

1st dose

2 mos

4 mos

2nd dose

6 mos

9 mos

12 mos

15 mos

18 mos

19-23
mos

2-3 yrs

4-6 yrs

7-10 yrs 11-12 yrs 13-15 yrs

17-18 yrs

W---------------------------- 3rd dose ----------------------------X

Rotavirus (RV) RV1 (2-dose
series); RV5 (3-dose series)

1st dose

2nd dose See Notes

Diphtheria, tetanus, & acellular
pertussis (DTaP: <7 yrs)

1st dose

2nd dose

Haemophilus influenzae type b
(Hib)

1st dose

2nd dose See Notes

Pneumococcal conjugate
(PCV13)

1st dose

2nd dose

3rd dose

Inactivated poliovirus
(IPV: <18 yrs)

1st dose

2nd dose

W---------------------------- 3rd dose ----------------------------X

3rd dose

W----- 4th dose ------X

5th dose

3rd or 4th dose, X
See Notes --

W--

W----- 4th dose -----X

Influenza (IIV)

4th dose

Annual vaccination 1 or 2 doses

Annual vaccination 1 dose only
Annual vaccination
1 or 2 doses

Influenza (LAIV)
Measles, mumps, rubella (MMR)

See Notes

Varicella (VAR)
Hepatitis A (HepA)

W----- 1st dose -----X

2nd dose

W----- 1st dose -----X

2nd dose

See Notes

or
Annual vaccination 1 dose only

1st dose

See Notes

Tetanus, diphtheria, & acellular
pertussis (Tdap: ≥7 yrs)

Tdap

Human papillomavirus (HPV)

See
Notes

2nd dose

See Notes

Meningococcal B
Pneumococcal polysaccharide
(PPSV23)

Range of recommended ages
for catch-up immunization

Range of recommended ages
for certain high-risk groups

Range of recommended ages for non-high-risk groups that may
receive vaccine, subject to individual clinical decision-making

No recommendation

Flu
Influenza

HPV
Human
papillomavirus

Meningococcal
MenACWY

MenB

7-8 Years

Pneumococcal

Hepatitis B

Hepatitis A

Polio

MMR
Measles,
mumps,
rubella

* Keep up to date on current CDC vaccine
recommendations. Visit www.henryschein.
com/us-en/medical/resource-center/
pharmaceuticals-vaccines.aspx
for immunization schedules.
* Access a child's immunization status at every visit.
* Give strong recommendations for immunization.

Talk to your child's doctor or nurse about the vaccines recommended for their age.
Tdap
Tetanus,
diphtheria,
pertussis

* Make parents aware of your immunization

* Make clinical resources readily available to staff.

See Notes

Range of recommended ages
for all children

All staff in pediatric practices, including
nonclinical staff, play an important role
in supporting parents in their vaccine
decisions. Create a culture of immunization
in your office during all steps of a well-child
visit, from check-in to check-out.
philosophy and policy.

2-dose series, See Notes

Meningococcal (MenACWY-D
≥9 mos; MenACWY-CRM ≥2 mos)

16 yrs

Chickenpox
Varicella

* Help parents feel supported by welcoming
questions and knowing how to answer them.
* Give Vaccine Information Statements (VIS) and
handouts to answer specific questions.
* Make immunization resources easy for parents
to find.

9-10 Years

* Schedule follow-up immunization appointments
before the child leaves the office.

11-12 Years

* Remind parents about upcoming immunization
appointment and contact those who miss
appointments.

13-15 Years

16-18 Years
More Everyone 6 months
information: and older should
get a flu vaccine
every year.

19MS4043

All 11- through 12year olds should
get one shot of
Tdap.

All 11- through 12year olds should
get a 2-shot series
of HPV vaccine.
A 3-shot series is
needed for those
with weakened
immune systems
and those who
start the series at
15 years or older.

All 11- through 12year olds should
get one shot of
meningococcal
conjugate
(MenACWY). A
booster shot is
recommended at
age 16.

Teens 16-18
years old may be
vaccinated with
a serogroup B
meningococcal
(MenB) vaccine.

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keep your child patients healthy.
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