News & Views: Updated Immunization Schedules
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Vaccine Update for Healthcare ProvidersIn the Feb. 9, 2017, issue of MMWR Weekly, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released the 2017 immunization schedules for children and adolescents 18 years or younger and for adults 19 years and older. Find a summary of the changes to both schedules:
Two major changes to the format of the schedule were implemented:
Vaccine-specific and footnote updates, most of which you are likely aware of and have already implemented in practice, include:
Print the revised child and adolescent schedule — eight-page PDF.
The most noticeable change to the adult schedule may be the revised cover page which now includes:
Vaccine-specific and footnote updates include:
Print the revised adult schedule — six-page PDF.
Contributed by: Charlotte A. Moser, MS, Paul A. Offit, MD
Categories: Vaccine Update February 2017, News and Views About Vaccines
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