What are the current recommendations for routine vaccination of children with PCV?

All infants should be given a primary series of either PCV15 or PCV20, at ages 2, 4, and 6 months with a booster at age 12 to 15 months. Otherwise healthy children who fall behind should be given catch-up vaccination through age 59 months; if they have certain underlying medical conditions they should be given catch-up vaccination through age 71 months.

For pneumococcal vaccination of children ages 2 through 5 years, see the job aid linked to the CDC summary of recommendations here: www.cdc.gov/pneumococcal/hcp/vaccine-recommendations/index.html.

Immunize.org offers a print-ready clinical resource that addresses pneumococcal vaccination recommendations for all children, including those with any relevant health condition or incomplete vaccination history, entitled Recommendations for Pneumococcal Vaccines Use in Children and Teens: www.immunize.org/wp-content/uploads/catg.d/p2016.pdf.