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The 2024 Adult Vaccine Schedule Changes Are Here


 

Other Features of the 2024 Adult Immunization Schedule

The schedule has useful links to helpful information:

  • Vaccine information statements
  • Complete ACIP recommendations
  • CDC’s General Best Practice Guidelines for Immunizations.
  • VAERS (CDC’s Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System)

A new “Additional Information” section in the Notes links to:

  • Travel vaccination requirements
  • Best practices guidelines for vaccinating persons with immunodeficiency
  • The National Vaccine Injury Compensation program (for resolving any vaccine injury claims)

The cover page has links to:

  • CDC’s vaccine app
  • QR code to access the schedule online.

With all these tools literally at your fingertips, there’s no reason not to know which vaccines your patients need and when. The challenge now is making it happen: getting those needed vaccines into arms.

A version of this article first appeared on Medscape.com.

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