Medical Info: Immunization Schedule

Birth: Hepatitis B*

2 month visit: DTaP, Comvax (Hep B & Hib), Prevnar, & IPV
4 month visit: DTaP, Comvax (Hep B & Hib), Prevnar, & IPV
6 month visit: DTaP, Prevnar
9 month visit: IPV
12 month visit: Comvax (Hep B & Hib), Varivax, Prevnar, Hep A
15 month visit: DTaP, MMR
18 month visit: Hep A
4-5 year old visit: Boosters of MMR, DTaP, & IPV
11-12 year old visit: Tdap, Menactra

Notes regarding newly recommended vaccines Menactra, Tdap, and Hepatitis A:

Menactra is a meningococcal vaccine (protective against some forms of bacterial meningitis) that is recommended for all patients 11 years or older; the vaccine is especially important for those leaving for college or if attending a boarding school. To read more, click here.

Tdap vaccine is a vaccine that serves as a booster for tetanus, dipterhia and pertussis. Previously, all children entering seventh grade received a tetanus/diptheria booster; the currrent recommendation simply adds further protection for pertussis ("whooping cough"), which has become a common infectious cause of cough in adolescents. To read more, click here.

Hepatitis A vaccine is a vaccine that was previously recommended for patients traveling to areas where this infection is more prevalent or when going away to college. Recently it has become a vaccine that is recommended for all children. To see more information regarding this vaccine, click here.

* The first Hepatitis B is often, but not always, given in the hospital shortly after birth.