Give These People Influenza Vaccine!

Give these people seasonal influenza vaccine!
WHY? The arrival of 2009 H1N1 influenza virus is a reminder of the unpredictable, ever-changing
nature of the influenza virus. It is important to vaccinate people against seasonal influenza, even if they
are also recommended to receive H1N1 influenza vaccine.
Check the list below and make sure you offer seasonal influenza vaccine to all who want it or need it.
ALL persons who wish to reduce their risk of
Persons with certain high-risk medical conditions
becoming ill with influenza or of transmitting
Any person (age 6 months or older) who is at increased
influenza to others
risk for complications from influenza because of underlying
medical conditions, including
ALL persons age 50 years and older
✓ all women who will be pregnant during the influenza
season
ALL children age 6 months through 18 years
✓ residents of nursing homes and other chronic-care
Household contacts and caregivers of children
facilities that house persons of any age who have
younger than age 5 years, particularly contacts of
chronic medical conditions
infants younger than age 6 months
✓ children and adults who have pulmonary (including asth-
ma), cardiovascular (except hypertension), renal, hepatic,
Household contacts and caregivers of adults age
cognitive, neurologic/neuromuscular, hematologic, or
50 years and older
metabolic (including diabetes) disorders
Healthcare personnel
✓ children and adults who have immunosuppression, in-
Healthcare personnel and others in close contact with
cluding that caused by medications or HIV
persons in high-risk groups should be vaccinated to
decrease the risk of transmitting infection to persons for
✓ children and adolescents (age 6 months through
whom influenza could be a serious, life-threatening disease.
18 years) who are receiving long-term aspirin therapy
Those who should be vaccinated include the following:
and therefore might be at risk for developing Reye’s
syndrome after influenza illness
✓ physicians, nurses, receptionists, and other personnel
who have contact with patients in hospital or outpatient
settings, including medical emergency response workers
Household contacts of all high-risk persons listed
above
✓ employees of nursing homes and chronic-care facilities
who have contact with patients or residents
Persons who should not be vaccinated
✓ employees of assisted living and other residences for
persons in high-risk groups
Consult the current recommendations from CDC (see
source information below) for guidance on contraindications
✓ persons who provide home care to people in high-risk
and precautions for use of trivalent inactivated influenza vac-
groups
cine and live attenuated intranasal influenza vaccine.
Other groups to consider
✓ travelers at high risk for influenza complications who
were not vaccinated in the previous fall or winter and
who plan to travel to the Southern Hemisphere
between April and September, to the tropics, or with a
large tourist group at any time of year
✓ persons who provide essential community services
(e.g., firefighters, police)
✓ students and others in institutional settings (e.g., resi-
Source: “Prevention and Control of Seasonal Influenza with Vaccines—
dents of dormitories, correctional facilities)
Recommendations of ACIP” at www.cdc.gov/flu/professionals/acip/index.htm
Technical content reviewed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, September 2009.
www.immunize.org/catg.d/p2013.pdf • Item #P2013 (9/09)
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