Vaccine
Information Statements (VISs) |
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Vaccine Information
Statements (VISs) are information sheets produced by
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
that explain to vaccine recipients, their parents, or
their legal representatives both the benefits and risks
of a vaccine. Federal law requires that VISs be handed
out whenever certain vaccinations are given. |
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Vaccine
Information Statements Listed by Language |
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Polio: |
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- Note: This VIS should not be used in the U.S.
because OPV is no longer distributed in the U.S.
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- This version is not current; click
here for an explanation of the changes incorporated
in the current version.
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- This version is not current; click
here for an explanation of the changes incorporated
in the current version.
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Polio: |
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- Note: This VIS should not be used in the U.S.
because OPV is no longer distributed in the U.S.
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Haitian
Creole Language VISs |
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| Td
(PDF) 6/10/94 |
a) Diptheria, Tetanus
& Pertussis (7/30/2001), changes from the 8/15/97
version:
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- most of the changes to this VIS relate to the
current exlcusive use of the acellular DTaP; the
previous VIS included the whole-cell DTP, which
is no longer used in the U.S.,
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- rates of reactions (problems) that might be expected
following DTaP have been changed and are generally
lower than those following DTP, and
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b)
MMR (1/15/03), changes from the 12/16/98 version: |
- female patients are now advised to postpone pregnancy
for 4 weeks after receiving MMR vaccine (the previous
12/16/98 version read "3 months"),
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- the website of the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting
System, www.vaers.org,
has been added, and
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