Hib Vaccination: Information for Healthcare Professionals
One of the Recommended Vaccines
Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) vaccines help prevent Hib disease, but not illness from other strains of H. influenzae bacteria.
ACIP vaccine recommendations for children; catch-up guidance; and contraindications and precautions for Hib vaccination...
Composition and types of Hib vaccines; immunogenicity and efficacy information; and links to package inserts...
Guidelines regarding proper refrigeration, storage, reconstitution, and disposal of Hib vaccines...
Information on visual inspection; administration route, site, and needle size; number and timing of doses; predrawing vaccine doses; and administration with other vaccines...
Vaccine safety, provider education, and patient education resources, as well as clinical information and references...
You Call the Shots is an interactive, web-based immunization training course. It consists of a series of modules that discuss vaccine-preventable diseases and explain the latest recommendations for vaccine use. Each module provides learning opportunities, self-test practice questions, reference and resource materials, and an extensive glossary.
The “Pink Book” contains the most comprehensive information on routinely used vaccines and the diseases they prevent.
Six reference appendices include: vaccine minimum ages and intervals, current and discontinued vaccines, vaccine contents, foreign vaccine terms, and more.