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What Are Vaccine Information Statements? Vaccine Information Statements (VISs) are information sheets produced by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). VISs explain both the benefits and risks of a vaccine to adult vaccine recipients and the parents or legal representatives of vaccinees who are children and adolescents. Federal law requires that VISs be handed out whenever certain vaccinations are given (before each dose). About the VIS Section All VISs on this site are in ready-to-print portable document file (PDF) format. You will need Adobe Reader to view them. The PDF versions of these documents are the same as the versions you would receive by ordering directly from CDC or your local health department. These documents are suitable for reproducing as handouts for patients.

Current VIS Dates Check your stock of VISs against this list. If you have outdated VISs, search our website By Vaccine or By Language to get current versions. Chickenpox 3/13/08 MMR 3/13/08 DTaP/DT/DTP 5/17/07 Multi-vaccine 9/18/08 Hepatitis A 3/21/06 PCV 12/9/08 Hepatitis B 7/18/07 PPSV 10/06/09 Hib 12/16/98 Polio 1/01/00 HPV 2/02/07 Rabies 10/06/09 H1N1 (inactivated) 10/2/09 Rotavirus 8/28/08 H1N1 (LAIV) 10/2/09 Shingles 10/06/09 Influenza (LAIV) 8/11/09 Td/Tdap 11/18/08 Influenza (TIV) 8/11/09 Typhoid 5/19/04 Japan. enceph. 5/11/05 Yellow fever 11/09/04 Meningococcal 1/28/08

How to Use VISs

To access VIS fact sheets, VIS news, and CDC's Instructions for the Use of VISs click here.

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This reference guide provides a selective list of countries and languages. Use this guide to find out if IAC provides a non-English VIS that could help you serve patients from a given country. In addition, you can sort alphabetically by select languages to determine in which countries the language is spoken. View Language Locator

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