Instructions for the Use of Vaccine Information Statements [2018]

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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
• 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:
  2018
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/76284/cdc_76284_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 84.12 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
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