Issue
Number 502
January 7, 2005
CONTENTS OF THIS ISSUE
- CDC, AAP, and AAFP release the Recommended Childhood and
Adolescent Immunization Schedule for 2005
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January 7, 2005
CDC, AAP, AND AAFP RELEASE THE RECOMMENDED CHILDHOOD AND ADOLESCENT
IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE FOR 2005
CDC, AAP, and AAFP have endorsed and jointly released the Recommended
Childhood and Adolescent Immunization Schedule--United States, 2005. On
January 7, CDC published the 2005 schedule as an MMWR QuickGuide; a portion
of the text is reprinted below. AAP published an article about the 2005
schedule in the January 2005 issue of Pediatrics. A portion of the article
is reprinted at the end of this IAC EXPRESS Extra Edition.
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FROM THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION:
Harmonized Childhood and Adolescent Immunization Schedule, 2005
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) periodically reviews
the recommended childhood and adolescent immunization schedule to ensure
that the schedule is current with changes in vaccine formulations and
reflects revised recommendations for the use of licensed vaccines, including
those newly licensed. Recommendations and format of the childhood and
adolescent immunization schedule for July-December 2004 were approved by
ACIP, the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), and the American
Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and were published in April 2004. That schedule
updated previous ones by adding the recommendation that, beginning in fall
2004, healthy children aged 6-23 months, as well as household contacts and
out-of-home caregivers for healthy children aged 0-23 months, receive annual
influenza vaccine.
The childhood and adolescent immunization schedule for 2005 is unchanged
from that published in April 2004. In addition, the catch-up immunization
schedule for children and adolescents who start late or who are >1 month
behind remains unchanged from that published in January 2004 and again in
April 2004. The childhood and adolescent immunization schedule and the
catch-up immunization schedule for 2005 have been approved by ACIP, AAFP,
and AAP.
Vaccine Information Statements
The National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act requires that all health-care
providers provide parents or patients with copies of Vaccine Information
Statements before administering each dose of the vaccines listed in the
schedule. Additional information is available from state health departments
and at
http://www.cdc.gov/nip/publications/vis
Detailed recommendations for using vaccines are available from package
inserts, ACIP statements on specific vaccines, and the 2003 Red Book. ACIP
statements for each recommended childhood vaccine can be viewed, downloaded,
and printed from the CDC National Immunization Program website at
http://www.cdc.gov/nip/publications/acip-list.htm In addition,
guidance on obtaining and completing a Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting
System form is available at
http://www.vaers.org or by telephone, (800) 822-7967.
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To access a web-text (HTML) version of the complete MMWR article, go to:
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5351-Immunizationa1.htm
To access a ready-to-copy (PDF) version of this issue of MMWR, go to:
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/pdf/wk/mm5351-Immunization.pdf
To access a two-page or a four-page ready-to-print (PDF) version of the
Recommended Childhood and Adolescent Immunization Schedule--United States,
2005, go to:
http://www.cdc.gov/nip/recs/child-schedule.htm#Printable
FROM THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS:
In the January 2005 issue of Pediatrics, AAP published Recommended Childhood
and Adolescent Immunization Schedule: United States, 2005 as a policy
statement from its Committee on Infectious Diseases. A portion of the
article is printed below.
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The annual recommended childhood and adolescent immunization schedule of the
American Academy of Pediatrics, the Advisory Committee on Immunization
Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the
American Academy of Family Physicians is issued for 2005.
Licensure applications have been submitted to the Food and Drug
Administration for a conjugate meningococcal vaccine and 2 new preparations
of diphtheria-tetanus-acellular pertussis vaccine. The American Academy of
Pediatrics is considering recommendations for use of these vaccines in
adolescents. If new recommendations emerge, a midyear schedule will be
released.
Clinically significant adverse events that follow immunization should be
reported to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS). Guidance
about how to obtain and complete a VAERS form can be obtained on the
Internet at www.vaers.org or by calling (800) 822-7967. Information on new
vaccine releases, vaccine supplies, and statements on specific vaccines can
be found at www.aap.org and
www.cdc.gov/nip Vaccine-related
updates are available online at
www.aapredbook.org
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To access the complete Pediatrics article, go to:
http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/115/1/182 |
