Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites. CDC offers PneumoRecs VaxAdvisor as a free app to quickly and easily provide patient-specific pneumococcal vaccine guidance. It's available for download for iOS and Android mobile devices. There's also a web-based version that doesn't require a download. The United States uses 2 types of pneumococcal vaccines.
Each individual vaccine helps protect against different serotypes of pneumococcal bacteria. The following summarizes CDC's current age- and risk-based pneumococcal vaccine recommendations. Access the official, full text of CDC's current and historical pneumococcal vaccine recommendations. Vaccinate children younger than 5 years of age who miss their shots or start the series later than recommended. The number of doses recommended and the intervals between doses will depend on the child's age when vaccination begins.
Get assistance interpreting table 2 of the child and adolescent immunization schedule. This guidance applies to healthy children 4 months through 4 years of age. Their pneumococcal vaccinations are complete. Based on shared clinical decision-making, adults 65 years or older have the option to get PCV20 or PCV21, or to not get additional pneumococcal vaccines.
Shared clinical decision-making : This job aid should assist vaccine providers in discussions with older adults considering PCV20 or PCV21 vaccination. Vaccine timing for adults : This job aid should help vaccine providers interpret adult pneumococcal vaccine recommendations.
In certain situations, children 2 through 18 years of age may need additional pneumococcal vaccine doses. In addition, adults younger than age 50 years of age may be recommended to receive pneumococcal vaccines. Risk-based indications for pneumococcal vaccination vary by patient age. The type of vaccine and number of doses can also vary by age and vaccination history. General Best Practice Guidelines for Immunization. Pink Book chapter on pneumococcal disease. Child and adolescent immunization schedule.
