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Introduction -- Timing and spacing of immunobiologics -- Contraindications and precautions -- Vaccine administration -- Storage and handling of immunobiologics -- Altered immunocompetence -- Special situations -- Vaccination records -- Reporting adverse events after vaccination -- Vaccination programs -- Vaccine information sources -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Abbreviations used in this publication -- Definitions used in this report

"This report is a revision of General Recommendations on Immunization and updates the 2002 statement by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) (CDC. General recommendations on immunization: recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices and the American Academy of Family Physicians. MMWR 2002;51[No. RR-2]). This report is intended to serve as a general reference on vaccines and immunization. The principal changes include 1) expansion of the discussion of vaccination spacing and timing; 2) an increased emphasis on the importance of injection technique/age/body mass in determining appropriate needle length; 3) expansion of the discussion of storage and handling of vaccines, with a table defining the appropriate storage temperature range for inactivated and live vaccines; 4) expansion of the discussion of altered immunocompetence, including new recommendations about use of live-attenuated vaccines with therapeutic monoclonal antibodies; and 5) minor changes to the recommendations about vaccination during pregnancy and vaccination of internationally adopted children, in accordance with new ACIP vaccine-specific recommendations for use of inactivated influenza vaccine and hepatitis B vaccine. The most recent ACIP recommendations for each specific vaccine should be consulted for comprehensive discussion.." - p. 1

Includes bibliographical references (p. 52-58).

Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)
Guidelines and Recommendations
Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library collection