On January
30, 2008, CDC posted a multi-vaccine VIS on its website. This
new VIS may be used in place of individual VISs whenever routine
birth through 6-month vaccines (DTaP, IPV, Hib, hepatitis B, PCV,
and rotavirus) are administered, or when combination vaccines
are used (e.g., Pediarix or Comvax). Using the multi-vaccine VIS
is an alternative to providing single-vaccine VISs for each of
these six vaccines. You don't need to give all 6 vaccines at one
time in order to use this new VIS. This VIS may also be used
when two or more of these vaccines are given together at other
pediatric visits (e.g., 12-15 months or 4-6 years).
Do not use
the multi-vaccine VIS for vaccines given to adolescents or
adults.
Before you
hand this new VIS to the patient, you MUST go to page 1 of the
VIS and place a check mark in front of the name of each vaccine
you will be administering at that visit.
Note that
this new multi-vaccine VIS contains four 8-1/2" x 11" pages, in
contrast to the standard single-vaccine VIS which contains two
pages.
CDC would
appreciate hearing any feedback about the Multi-Vaccine VIS from
either programs or individual providers. Please direct any
comments to the NIPINFO mailbox at
nipinfo@cdc.gov
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