Recommendations and Guidelines:
2008 Child & Adolescent Immunization Schedules
for persons aged 0-6 years, 7-18 years, and "catch-up schedule"
The Schedules lists the ages (birth through 6 years old and 7 through 18 years old) for when each vaccine or series of shots is to be given. If your child or adolescent has missed any shots, consult the catch-up schedule AND check with your doctor about getting back on track.
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2008 Schedules
PERSONS AGED 0-6 years
CATCH-UP schedule (4 months to 18 years)
- Color for office printing March 5*
- Color for commercial press printer March 5*
- Black & white-office printer March 5*
- Black & white-commercial press printer March 5*
- Interactive Catchup Scheduler NEW
This tool once downloaded can be used to determine the vaccines your child needs and is especially useful for quickly seeing missed or skipped vaccines according to the Immunization scheduler
*Note: The schedules were updated on March 5, 2008 with the following changes:
There was a correction to the HPV vaccine regimen in the Catch-up Immunization Schedule. The entry to HPV vaccine was changed to:
Dose 1 to 2: 4 weeks
Dose 2 to 3:
12 weeks
(and 24 weeks after the first dose)
This means that the third dose needs to be administered not earlier than 6 months from the first dose. The minimum intervals between dose one and dose two as well as between dose two and dose three remain unchanged. An MMWR erratum to reflect this change is in the process.
2008 Childhood, Adolescent, and Catch-up Immunization Schedules
- Color for office printing March 5*
(2 pages*; landscape; 11"x17") - Color for commercial press printer March 5*
(2 pages*; landscape; 11"x17")
*Page 1 is the catch-up schedule and intro
*Page 2 is the child schedule and adolescent schedule
See below for reproduction instructions
2008 Pocket size, laminated, palm, etc.
- Recommended Immunizations for Babies March 17
- Pocket-size -- 6" x 4.5" (back & front)
- Laminated versions for sale at IAC (exit) March 13
- Download Shots 2008 to your Palm/Pocket-PCs Handhelds
Requirements and installation instructions for both Palm OS® Handhelds (exit) and Pocket-PCs, (exit) license and disclaimer use, etc., can be found on the ImmunizationEd.org website. This is freeware software and is to be used at your own risk, courtesy of ImmunizationEd.org (exit) website.
- Persons aged 0-6 years (Spanish)
Color for office printing NEW - May 1
(text-only) - PERSONS AGED 7-18 years
(Spanish)
Color for office printing NEW - MAY 1
(text-only) - CATCH-UP schedule (Spanish)
Color for office printing NEW - MAY 1
(text-only) - Vacunas recomendadas para sus bebés Mar. 17 Recommended Immunization for Babies
MMWR of Recommended Schedules (published January 11, 2008)
Recommended Immunization Schedules for Persons Aged 0-18 Years -- United States, 2008
The childhood and adolescent immunization schedule and the catch-up immunization schedule for 2007 have been approved by Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP).
This version serves as a text-only for screen-reader devices.
Changes in the Schedule since last release
Changes listed here are outlined in MMWR with figures, etc.
- The pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) footnote reflects updated recommendations for incompletely vaccinated children aged 24–59 months, including those with underlying medical conditions.
- Recommendations for use of the live attenuated influenza vaccine (LAIV) now include healthy children as young as 2 years. LAIV should not be administered to children younger than 5 years with recurrent wheezing. Children aged under 9 years who are receiving influenza vaccine for the first time or who were vaccinated for the first time last season, but only received 1 dose, should have 2 doses of vaccine, at least 4 weeks apart. Other updates are included.
- For meningococcal vaccines, changes affect certain
children aged 2–10 years. Vaccinating with meningococcal
conjugate vaccine (MCV4) is preferred to meningococcal
polysaccharide vaccine (MPSV4) for children at
increased risk for meningococcal disease, including children
who are traveling to or residents of countries in which
the disease is hyperendemic or epidemic, children who
have terminal complement component deficiencies, and
children who have anatomic or functional asplenia. The
catch-up schedule for youths aged 13–18 years has been
updated. MPSV4 is an acceptable alternative for short-term (i.e., 3–5 years) protection against meningococcal disease for persons aged 2–18 years. - The tetanus and diphtheria toxoids/tetanus and diphtheria toxoids and acellular pertussis vaccine (Td/Tdap) catch-up schedule for persons aged 7–18 years who received their first dose before age 12 months now indicates that these youths should receive 4 doses, with at least 4 weeks (not 8 weeks) between doses 2 and 3.
- The catch-up bars for hepatitis B and Haemophilus influenzae type b conjugate vaccine have been deleted on the routine schedule for persons aged 0–6 years. The figure title refers users to the catch-up schedule (Table) for patients who fall behind or start late with vaccinations.
Presentation Graphics
These images are only the chart portions of the immunization schedule and are provided for use in PowerPoint Presentations:
- jpg image 1 (.jpg - 1.52MB) (chart only-birth to 6 years) March 12
- jpg image 2 (.jpg - 1.81MB) (chart only-7 to 18 years) March 12
- jpg image 3 (.jpg - 2.81 MB) (catch-up chart-4 mos. to 18 yrs.) March 12
Reproduction Instructions
The color versions are the preferred files for office printer and commercial/professional printer use. Black-and-white versions are intended only for those who must print in black and white.
Tip: If you wish to save printer toner, use a color copier to make additional copies.
Related Topics
- Interactive child's immunization scheduler (birth-6 years old)
- Child immunization and "scheduler" brochures
- ACIP Recommendations
- Summary of Recommendations for Childhood & Adolescent Immunization (exit)
- Blank vaccine record forms
- Vaccines in delay or shortage
- Article: "Economic Evaluation of the 7-Vaccine Routine Childhood Immunization Schedule in the U.S., 2001" (exit) from Dec. 2005 - Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
- Vaccines for teens and college students
- Vaccines for adults (adult immunization schedule)
- Additional info about adolescent and adult vaccines
- History of the Vaccine Schedule (exit)
- Childhood Schedules from Past Years
*MMWR--Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
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This page last modified on May 25, 2008
Content last reviewed on January 10, 2008
Content Source: National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases