Vaccine Administration

Recommendations and Guidelines

Guidelines

• Vaccine Administration and Storage and Handling Resources Guide [1 page]
• Vaccine Administration
  from Pink Book (includes pictures of sites)
• Vaccines with Diluents: How to Use Them [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 [1 page]
  • Adults: Dose, Route, Site, Needle Size, and Preparation [1 page]
  • Adults: How to administer IM and SC Injections to Adults [1 page]
• Immunization Site Maps
  • Children [2 pages]
    California Department of Public Health
  • Adults [1 page]
    California Department of Public Health
• Indications
• Managing vaccine reactions
  • in children and teens [3 pages]
  • in adults [2 pages]
• Sample vaccine record form for CHILDREN and TEENS [6 pages]
  Sample records include all recently licensed vaccines: MCV, HPV, Rota, Tdap, zoster
• Sample vaccine record form for ADULTS [4 pages]
• 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 [3 pages]
• Vaccine Recommendations for Emergency Situations
• Standards for Immunization Practices
  • for children and adolescents
  • for adults

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Screening and Checklists

• Skills Checklist for Pediatric Immunization [2 pages]
• Adult checklists:
  • Do I Need Any Vaccinations Today? [3 pages]
  • You're Never Too Old to Get Shots [1 page]
• Screening Questionnaires:
  • for Child and Teen Immunization [2 pages]
  • for Adult Immunization [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 [1 page]

Reference Tables

• Contraindications
  • For childhood vaccines: Contraindications and Precautions to Commonly Used Vaccines
  • For adult vaccines: Contraindications and Precautions for Adults Only
  • Conditions Commonly Misperceived as Contraindications to Vaccination
• Table of Reportable Events after Vaccination [5 pages]. Also available as vaccine injury/compensation table on HRSA site.
• The VICP Vaccine Injury Table
• Anti-body Live Vaccine Interval Table [1 page]
• Immunization of Immunocompromised Patients Tables [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 [4 pages]
• Minimum ages and intervals [2 pages]

Comforting Techniques

• DVD: Immunization Techniques "Safe, Effective, Caring"
• Comforting children during vaccinations:
  • Be There for Your Child During Shots [1 MB, 2 pages] (full-color flyer)
    First page in Spanish and second page in English (Available for order)
  • Comforting Restraint for Immunizations [2 pages] (full-color flyer)
    First page in English and second page in Spanish (Available for order)
  • Comforting Measures [2 pages] (poster)