Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine (PPSV23): What You Need to Know [2025]

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• Alternative Title:
  Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine (PPSV23): What You Need to Know [2025] [English] ; Vaccine Information Statement: Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine (PPSV23): What You Need to Know [2025]
• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
• Description:
  A VIS or Vaccine Information Statement is a document, produced by CDC, that informs vaccine recipients – or their parents or legal representatives – about the benefits and risks of a vaccine they are receiving. All vaccine providers, public or private, are required by the National Vaccine Childhood Injury Act (NCVIA – 42 U.S.C. § 300aa-26) to give the appropriate VIS to the patient (or parent or legal representative) prior to every dose of specific vaccines. The appropriate VIS must be given prior to the vaccination and must be given prior to each dose of a multi-dose series. It must be given regardless of the age of the recipient: from https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/hcp/about-vis/index.html.
  
  VISs have been translated into about 40 languages. These can be found on the website of CDC's partner, https://www.immunize.org/vis/. Not every VIS has been translated into every language.
  
  Why get vaccinated? Pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (PPSV23) can prevent pneumococcal disease. Pneumococcal disease refers to any illness caused by pneumococcal bacteria. These bacteria can cause many types of illnesses, including: Pneumonia (infection of the lungs), Ear infections, Sinus infections, Meningitis (infection of the tissue, covering the brain and spinal cord), Bacteremia (bloodstream infection). Anyone can get pneumococcal disease, but young children, older adults, and people with certain risk factors are at the highest risk. Most pneumococcal infections are mild. However, some can result in long-term problems, such as brain damage or hearing loss. Meningitis, bacteremia, and pneumonia caused by pneumococcal disease can lead to death.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Pneumococcal Infections Pneumococcal Infections / Prevention & Control Pneumococcal Vaccines Pneumococcal Vaccines / Adverse Effects Vaccines
• Keywords:
  Bacteremia Ear Infections Meningitis Pneumonia Sinus Infections
• Series:
  Vaccine Information Statement
• Subseries:
  Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine ; (PPSV23)
• Publisher:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (U.S.)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet ; Patient Education Handout
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Rights:
  Public Domain
• Topic:
  Diseases & Conditions
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  2 pdf pages
• Collection(s):
  Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/252990/cdc_252990_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
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