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Textbooks and Manuals
Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases
("The Pink Book", 11th edition; May 2009)
- 11th Edition available May 2009 COMING SOON
- 10th Edition - Print, download, or view (includes slides) (compliant files)
Also available via DVD (order #99-8177)
Surveillance of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases
(3rd edition, 2002)
Also available via DVD (order #99-8539)
Vaccine Management: Recommendations for Handling and Storage
(November 2007 edition; 20 pages)
Prevention and Control of VPDs in Long-term Care Facilities
- Black & white for office printing
(471KB, 100 pages) - Text-only
(for screen-reader devices)
Financing Vaccines in the 21st Century: Assuring Access and Availability
- Institutes
of Medicine Report Brief (exit)
(201 KB, 8 pages; 2003) - Related transcripts and press release (exit)
- Order book from The National Academies Press (exit) website
(Committee on the Evaluation of Vaccine Purchase Financing in the U.S., 264 pages, 6"x9")
Additional Resources
- VFC Operations Guide
- Immunization Program Operations Manual
- International
Travel and Health 2009 (exit)
(WHO website) - Vaccination Mandates: The Public Health Imperative & Individual
Rights
Text-only (for screen-reader devices)
(Chapter 13 of "Law in Public Health Practice") - Vaccines,
5th Edition (exit)
(1748 pages, $325.00, 2008©) By Stanley A. Plotkin, MD and Walter A. Orenstein, MD and Paul A. Offit, MD - Vaccines: Preventing Disease & Protecting Health (2004) (exit)
- Vaccine: The Controversial Story of Medicine's Greatest Lifesaver (2007) (exit)
Guides & Guidelines
Guidelines for the Control of Pertussis Outbreaks
"The Pertussis Guide", 2000-- some chapters updated in 2006
- Black & white for office printing
- Text-only
(for screen-reader devices)
Pentacel Guidance
Pentacel is a combination vaccine that contains DTaP, IPV and Hib vaccines. (August 2008)
- Print friendly version in color (31KB, 2 pages)
- HTML version (view/read on screen)
Vaccination of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant (HSCT) Recipients
excerpt from "Guidelines for Preventing Opportunistic Infections Among HSTC Recipients" MMWR 2000; 49(RR-10):1-128) (10 pages)
- Black & white for office printing
(75KB, 25 pages) - Text-only
(for screen-reader devices)
Guidelines for Vaccinating Kidney Dialysis Patients and Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease
- Black & white for office printing
(298KB, 8 pages) - Text-only
(for screen-reader devices)
Healthy People 2010 Guide: Impact of Immunizations
- View or print Volume 1 (exit)
(second edition) (608 pages) - View or print Volume II (exit)
(second edition) (664 pages)
Guide to Contraindications and Precautions for Childhood Vaccinations (Sept. 2003)
- View or print
(55KB, 19 pages) - Text-only
(for screen-reader devices) - See also: Guide to Contraindications to Vaccinations
Vaccine Administration Guidelines (from Pink Book)
- Black & white for office printing
(1.7MB, 12 pages) - See also: Vaccine Administration
Vaccines Across the Life Span
Supplement to The Journal of Family Practice (sponsored by the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine Foundation...) February 2007
- Vaccines Across the Life Span (exit)
(2.40MB, 84 pages)
Additional Resources
- CDC's copyright policies
- Providers' Guide: Helping Parents Who Question Vaccines (87KB, 1 page)
Text-only (for screen-reader devices) - Vaccine Administration Guidelines (from Pink Book)
(1.77MB, 12 pages)
See also: Vaccine Administration - Vaccine information statements (VIS)
- Vaccine Management: Storage and Handling
(20 pages)
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Content last reviewed on April 10, 2008
Content Source: National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases