Prevention of varicella: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Prevention of varicella. Update recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP).

In February 1999, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) expanded recommendations for varicella (chickenpox) vaccine to promote wider use of the vaccine for susceptible children and adults. The updated recommendations include establishing child care and school entry requirements, use of the vaccine following exposure and for outbreak control, use of the vaccine for some childre...

Prevention and Control of Influenza Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) DEPARTMENT OP' HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION

The structure, role, and procedures of the U.S. Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP).

The National Immunization Technical Advisory Group (NITAG) in the United States is the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). The ACIP was established in 1964 by the US Surgeon General to assist in the prevention and control of communicable diseases, and includes a chair, an executive secretary, 15 voting members, 8 ex officio members and liaison representatives from 26 health-rel...

Influenza: marketing vaccine by marketing disease.

In table 1 of this Feature (BMJ 2013;346:f3037, doi:10.1136/ bmj.f3037), we would like to add a note that the surgeon general recommended, in 1960, that all pregnant women be vaccinated. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention first made a specific recommendation for pregnant women in their second and third trimesters in 1997 (not 2000, as stated in the table), and expanded this to all p...

Draft Recommendations for Use of Smallpox Vaccine in a Pre-Event Smallpox Vaccination Program: Supplemental Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) and the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HI

In June 2001, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) made recommendations for the use of smallpox (vaccinia) vaccine to protect persons working with orthopoxviruses, and to prepare for a possible bioterrorism attack and for response to an attack involving smallpox.[1] Because of the terrorist attacks in the fall of 2001, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) aske...