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General Best Practice Guidelines for Immunization

The General Best Practice Guidelines for Immunization is written by the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. This report helps vaccination providers assess vaccine benefits and risks, use recommended administration practices, understand the most effective strategies for ensuring that vaccination coverage in the population remains high, and communicate the importance of vaccination to reduce the effects of vaccine-preventable disease.

The full report can be read online or downloaded as a PDF.

Sections relevant to your pediatric immunization project are linked to below.

Vaccine Administration
Information on administering vaccines including information such as needle length, injection sites, and methods for alleviating pain.
Contraindications and Precautions
Preventing and Managing Adverse Reactions

Other Pediatric Vaccination Information

Birth to 18 Immunization Schedule
Produced by the Center for Disease Control (CDC).
Screening Checklist for Contraindications to Vaccines for Children and Teens [PDF]
Produced by the Immunization Action Coalition.
Administer the Vaccines
Information on the different routes and sites for administering various vaccines from the CDC.
The "Pink Book" - Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases
The 13th Edition Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases, a.k.a. the “Pink Book,” provides physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, pharmacists, and others with the most comprehensive information on routinely used vaccines and the diseases they prevent. Produced by the CDC.

Disease Information

Immunization Action Coalition
A project supported by the CDC. This website contains an index of vaccines and information about diseases that can be prevented through vaccination.
National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD)
The Divisions and Branches links at the bottom of the page provide information for various viral, bacterial, and other diseases including vaccine information.

MedlinePlus This link opens in a new window
Find information on various diseases from the National Library of Medicine, the National Institutes of Health, and other U.S. government agencies and health-related organizations

Vaccine Infromation in SOWELA's Databases

Follow these directions to find research and information regarding pediatric vaccinations in the MEDLINE and CINAHL databases.

Click on "MeSH Terms" or "CINAHL Subject Headings" in the top left part of the screen.
Searching for "vaccines" will pull up a list of vaccines for different diseases. Scroll through this list to find the vaccine you are researching.
After you perform a search, use the "Age" and "Gender" filters on the left side of the screen to find information about your target patient population.

Other helpful MeSH terms and Subject Headings:

immunization
disease names

MEDLINE This link opens in a new window
Provides authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, and the health care system. Created by the National Library of Medicine it offers citations from over 4,800 current biomedical journals.