Polio Vaccine Resources
Below are several resources designed to help healthcare professionals recommend and administer IPV vaccine, as well as answer patient questions.
Clinical Information
- Polio: For Healthcare Providers | CDC
- Pink Book: Poliomyelitis | CDC
- Poliovirus Infections, Red Book
- Polio Chapter, Manual for the Surveillance of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases
- Vaccine-Derived Poliovirus Questions and Answers
Vaccine Recommendations and Safety
- ACIP recommendations
- Vaccine Safety and Monitoring
- ACIP – Vaccines for Children (VFC) Resolutions
- Travelers Health: Yellow Book
- Guidance for Assessment of Poliovirus Vaccination Status and Vaccination of Children Who Have Received Poliovirus Vaccine Outside the United States, MMWR January 13, 2017
- Interim CDC Guidance for Polio Vaccination for Travel to and from Countries Affected by Wild Poliovirus, MMWR, July 7, 2014
Materials for Patients
- Polio Vaccine Information for Parents
- Vaccine Information Statement (VIS)
- History of polio
- Stories of people who suffered or died from vaccine-preventable diseases
Other Resources
Page last reviewed: August 8, 2022
Content source: National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases