Instructions for the Use of Vaccine Information Statements [2014]

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• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
• Description:
  As required under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act (42 U.S.C. §300aa-26), all health care providers in the United States who administer, to any child or adult, any of the following vaccines — diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, measles, mumps, rubella, polio, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib), trivalent influenza, pneumococcal conjugate, meningococcal, rotavirus, human papillomavirus (HPV), or varicella (chickenpox) — shall, prior to administration of each dose of the vaccine, provide a copy to keep of the relevant current edition vaccine information materials that have been produced by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): • to the parent or legal representative of any child to whom the provider intends to administer such vaccine, or; • to any adult to whom the provider intends to administer such vaccine. If there is not a single VIS for a combination vaccine, use the VISs for all component vaccines. VISs should be supplemented with visual presentations or oral explanations as appropriate.
• Subjects:
  Vaccination Vaccines
• Keywords:
  Vaccine Information Statements VIS
• Series:
  Vaccine Information Statement
• Subseries:
  VIS Instructions
• 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:
  1 pdf page
• Volume:
  2014
• Collection(s):
  Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:87a5186810568f9850e7c28f0e14ad32fa22756d452446ad852b7b4759143ad144ae5a1227b004038c80eac7565c7c9ced53ced99e15362a91b9adef8152d281
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/26737/cdc_26737_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
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