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Textbooks, Manuals, and Guidelines
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Textbooks and Manuals
The Pink Book
Epidemiology & Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases
(12th edition; April)
Immunization Program Operations Manual
(2008-2012)
Surveillance of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases
(5th edition, 2011)
Also available via DVD (order #99-8539)
Additional Textbooks and Manuals
- "The Purple Book", The Vaccine Handbook: A Practical Guide for Clinicians, 3rd Edition
Posted Aug 2010 - International
Travel and Health 2012
From WHO website. This report provides information on health risks for travellers. - Vaccination Mandates: The Public Health Imperative & Individual
Rights
[226 KB, 23 pages] (compliant)
Chapter 13 of "Law in Public Health Practice" - Vaccines,
5th Edition
(1748 pages, $359.00, 2013©) By S.A. Plotkin, MD; W.A. Orenstein, MD; and P.A. Offit, MD
Guides & Guidelines
Guidelines for the Control of Pertussis Outbreaks
"The Pertussis Guide", 2000-- some chapters updated in 2006.
Vaccine Storage and Handling Toolkit (Nov 2012)
Comprehensive resources for providers on vaccine storage and handling recommendations and best practice strategies. It includes considerations for equipment both storage units and thermometers, strategies for maintaining the cold chain, routine storage and handling practices, inventory management and emergency procedures for protecting vaccine inventories.
- Description
- View or Print [4.47MB, 135 pages]
Guide to Contraindications and Precautions (April 2009)
- View or print Contraindications Guide [678 KB, 34 pages] (compliant)
- See also: Quick Guide to Contraindications (Chart)
Vaccine Administration Guidelines (from Pink Book)
- Black & white for office printing [929KB - 15 pages]
- See also: Vaccine Administration
Healthy People
Healthy People provides science-based, 10-year national objectives for improving the health of all Americans.
- Healthy People 2020
- Healthy People 2010
ACIP: Guidance for Vaccine Recommendations in Pregnant and Breastfeeding Women (May 2008)
- Download and print (.pdf files are the print-friendly versions)
Guidelines for Vaccinating Pregnant Women (March 2013)
Find the general rules for vaccinating a pregnant woman with a particular vaccine.
Download and print (.pdf file is the print-friendly version)
Parents' Guide to Childhood Immunizations (2010)
- Download and print (.pdf files are the print-friendly versions)
Additional Guides and Guidelines
- Guidelines for Vaccinating Kidney Dialysis Patients and Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease [414KB, 12 pages] Updated Feb 2013
Summary of Recommendations from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) - Vaccination of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant (HSCT) Recipients Feb 2011
Excerpt from "General Recommendations on Immunizations" MMWR 2011; 60(RR02):1-60 - The Yellow Book, CDC Health Information for International Travel
(2012 edition) - Guide to Immunization Program Evaluation for Grantees [440KB, 45 pages] (2007)
- Vaccines Across the Life Span [2.40MB, 84 pages]
- CoCASA: Users Guide
- AFIX: Standards Guide for Grantees
- National Vaccine Plan Released Feb 2011
Strategies for advancing vaccine research and development, financing, supply, distribution, safety, global cooperation, and informed decision-making among consumers and health care providers. - Vaccine Information Statements (VIS)
Explain to vaccine recipients both the benefits and risks of a vaccine
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This page last modified March 26, 2013
Content last reviewed on February 15, 2011
Content Source: National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases
Content last reviewed on February 15, 2011
Content Source: National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases