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Information about toll-free hotlines for providers and patients |
American
Social Health Association, National STD/HIV hotline
A toll-free telephone line for healthcare professionals and members of
the public. Call
(800) 227-8922. |
CBER Voice Information
System
This telephone information line from the Food and Drug Administration's
Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research offers access to consumer
safety officers and public affairs specialists
who can help callers answer questions on topics such as vaccine
licensure dates, any adverse events related to a vaccine, and labeling
questions. Call (800) 835-4709 between 8 am and 4:30 pm ET. |
CDC-INFO Contact Center
Call this 24 hours/7 days a week, toll-free number to request
information on immunization. The number is (800) 232-4636 (800-CDC-INFO).
This is an integrated CDC hotline service. Callers to this number are
given several options, one of which is immunization. This line will
accommodate English and Spanish. |
CDC's National Center for
Immunization and Respiratory Diseases Hotline TTY
Service
This hotline provides information on vaccine safety, immunization
recommendations, and many more topics. The TTY staff is trained
in English, Spanish, and American Sign Language (ASL). To reach
the TTY hotline, call (888) 232-6348. |
National Clinicians' Post-Exposure
Prophylaxis Hotline: PEPLine (UCSF)
This 24-hour emergency hotline provides immediate information to clinicians
regarding the management of an employee who has experienced an occupational
exposure to blood. The toll-free number is (888) 448-4911. |
National Vaccine Injury
Compensation Program
VCIP is a federal "no-fault" system of the Health Resources and
Services Administration designed to compensate those who have been injured
by childhood vaccines administered in the private or public sectors. For
information about this program, call (800) 338-2382. |
PKIDS (Parents of Kids
with Infectious Diseases)
Parents who are looking for support services, counseling, referrals,
and information concerning their children suffering from infectious
diseases can call PKIDS toll-free
during regular business hours (Pacific Time) at (877) 557-5437
(877-55-PKIDS). |
Vaccine
Adverse Event Reporting System
VAERS is a nationwide reporting system of the Food and Drug Administration
for monitoring adverse events that occur during the time period
after an immunization. Providers are
encouraged to report all clinically significant adverse events
following the administration of a U.S.-licensed vaccine to a person of any age. To report an adverse event, call (800) 822-7967. |
Varivax
Pregnancy Registry Hotline
This telephone line is used to collect information regarding
maternal-fetal outcomes in women who received varicella-zoster virus
containing vaccine (e.g., Varivax, Zostavax) during the three months prior
to the beginning of their pregnancies or inadvertently at any time during
pregnancy. Merck & Co., Inc., and the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention monitor the information collected on this telephone line.
Report all cases to (800) 986-8999. |
This page reviewed on
August 13, 2010 |
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