The role of the Accession Screening and Immunization Program (ASIP) is to reduce unnecessary immunizations by screening military recruits for pre-existing immunity.
In the United States, the recommended childhood and adolescent immunization schedules provide protection against more than a dozen vaccine-preventable diseases. Increased compliance with those recommendations has led to higher rates of pre-existing immunity among the initial-entry military recruit population.
Therefore, nine initial-entry recruit sites now screen all new accessions for pre-existing immunity to hepatitis A, hepatitis B, measles, rubella and varicella (chickenpox).
* For more information about the accession sites or the ASIP program, please contact the ASIP PMO at 1-703-681-5705
Please use the following documents as guides and resources for the Accession Screening and Immunization Program:
Counting Doses in Combined Regimens of Monovalent and Bivalent Hepatitis A and Hepatitis B vaccines
Recommended Content:
Cost-Minimization Analysis of the U.S. Army Accession Screening and Immunization Program
Department of the Army Pamphlet 40-11 Preventive Medicine
Standards for Immunization Delivery at Basic Combat Training (BCT) Posts
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