Instructions for the use of vaccine information statements

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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
• Document Type:
  Pamphlet (or booklet)
• Pages in Document:
  1 unnumbered page
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:d8314b91765b2ece7f1cfb2286bf1510a5006400872b92712dbe6640636037e7
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/26737/cdc_26737_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
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