Recommendations and Guidelines:
Vaccine Administration
For Health Professionals:
Guidelines
- Vaccine Administration Guidelines [2.13 MB, 15 pages]
from Pink Book Appendix (includes pictures of sites) - Vaccines with Diluents: How to Use Them [96 KB, 1 page]
Contains a chart that lists the vaccines that require reconstitution with a diluent before they can be administered including maximum time allowed between reconstituting each vaccine and having to discard it. Plus the general steps to follow when reconstituting vaccines. - It's Federal Law - use of VISs and more in Pink Book appendix E [1 MB, 10 pages]
Appendix includes instructions for use of Vaccine Information Statements, how to get VISs, questions and answers, etc. - Dosage, Route, Site:
- All ages: Dose, Route, Site, and Needle Size [133 KB, 1 page]
- Adults: Dose, Route, Site, Needle Size, and Preparation [72 KB, 1 page]
How to administer IM and SC Injections to Adults [133 KB, 1 page]
- Immunization Site Maps
- Children and preteens
Michigan Department of Community Health- Under 12 months of age [353 KB, 1 page]
- 12 months and older [462 KB, 1 page]
- 11-12 years of age [88 KB, 1 page]
- Teens [234 KB, 1 page]
Philadephia Department of Public Health - Adults [494 KB, 1 page]
California Department of Public Health - Indications
- Managing vaccine reactions
- in children and teens [80 KB, 2 pages] NEW Feb 2010
- in adults [66 KB, 2 pages] NEW Feb 2010
- Recording vaccine administration
Records for children, teens, & adults - Report a suspected side effect (VAERS)
See also reportable events under Reference Tables below. - Provider's Role: Importance of Vaccine Administration and Storage
- Suggestions to improve your immunization services [83 KB, 2 pages]
- Standing Orders
- Vaccine Recommendations for Emergency Situations
- Standards for Immunization Practices
- for children and adolescents
- for adults [91 KB, 7 pages]
Screening and Checklists
- Skills Checklist for Pediatric Immunization [37 KB, 2 pages]
Also in Pink Book appendix-D, pages 16-17 - Adult checklists:
- Do I Need Any Vaccinations Today? [87 KB, 2 pages]
- You're Never Too Old to Get Shots [60 KB, 1 page]
- Screening Questionnaires:
- for Child and Teen Immunization [78 KB, 2 pages]
- for Adult Immunization [215 KB, 2 pages]
- IAC's print materials for health professionals providing vaccines
Administering vaccines, documenting vaccination, handling and storage, supplies checklist, vaccine questions and answers, etc. - Suggested Supplies Checklist for Adult Clinics [58 KB, 1 page]
Reference Tables
- Contraindications
- Contraindications/Precautions Tables (by condition)
- Contraindications to Vaccines Chart (by vaccine) Updated Feb 2011
- Guide to Contraindications and Precautions to Commonly Used Vaccines in Adults [66 KB, 1 page]
- Conditions Commonly Misperceived as Contraindications to Vaccination NEW Feb 2011
- Table of Reportable Events after Vaccination [75 KB, 5 pages]. Also available as vaccine injury/compensation table on HRSA site.
- The VICP Vaccine Injury Table
- Anti-body Live Vaccine Interval Table [11 KB, 1 pages]
- Immunization of Immunocompromised Patients Tables [55 KB, 2 pages]
Summary of ACIP Recommendations on Immunization of Immunocompromised Infants and Children (Vaccination of Persons with Primary and Secondary Immune Deficiences) - Vaccine Excipient and Media Summary (also called formulations or ingredients)
listed by vaccine [50 KB, 3 pages]
- Minimum ages and intervals [91 KB, 2 pages]
Comforting Techniques
- DVD: Immunization Techniques "Safe, Effective, Caring"
- Comforting children during vaccinations:
- Be There for Your Child During Shots (full-color flyer) [1.22 MB, 2 pages]
First page in Spanish and second page in English (Available for order) - Comforting Restraint for Immunizations (full-color flyer) [413 KB, 2 pages]
First page in English and second page in Spanish (Available for order)
- Comforting Measures (poster) [469 KB, 2 pages]
- Be There for Your Child During Shots (full-color flyer) [1.22 MB, 2 pages]
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This page last modified on March 27, 2012
Content last reviewed on February 4, 2010
Content Source: National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases