Immunizations

Preventing illness today and tomorrow

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Adena Regional Medical Center

As a parent, your job is to protect your children and keep them safe. You buckle them into car seats, you make them wear helmets when they ride bikes, and you make sure they eat their peas and carrots. Don’t stop there. If you want to keep your children safe, talk to your pediatrician or family physician about getting your child immunized against devastating diseases that can affect them as children and beyond.

Below is a chart of the vaccines recommended by the Centers for Disease Control. Click here to download a copy of this chart. If you’d like to build a customized immunization record for your child, go online to the CDC.

In addition to the immunizations below, the CDC recommends that children 6 months and older receive annual flu vaccinations. Adena provides both the flu mist and flu shot.

The flu mist (nasal spray vaccine) is available for most healthy people ages 2-49. The mist is easily administered through the nose. Since the mist contains live viruses, it is not advised for people with allergic reactions to eggs or other vaccines, asthma, HIV, chronic disease, or a compromised immune system. In June 2014, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices for the CDC recommended that the nasal spray flu vaccine be used in all children ages 2-8. We recommend discussing flu vaccines with your health care provider if you have children under the age of 9.
The flu shot contains inactive flu virus and is considered safe for most people 6 months of age and older. The flu shot is administered in the upper arm.

Child's Age	Vaccine and Dose	Protects Against
At Birth	Hepatitis B Dose 1 of 3	Hepatitis B virus (chronic inflammation of the liver, life-long complications)
1 to 2 months (part of well-baby visit)	Hepatitis B Dose 2 of 3	Hepatitis B virus (chronic inflammation of the liver, life-long complications)
2 months (part of well-baby visit)	DTaP Dose 1 of 5	Diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis (whooping cough)
	Hib Dose 1 of 4	Infections of the blood, brain, joints, or lungs (pneumonia)
	Polio (IPV) Dose 1 of 4	Polio
	Pneumococcal conjugate (PCV13) § Dose 1 of 4	Infections of the blood, brain, joints, inner ears, or lungs (pneumonia)
	Rotavirus ** Dose 1 of 3	Rotavirus diarrhea (and vomiting)
4 months (part of well-baby visit)	DTaP Dose 2 of 5	Diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis (whooping cough)
	Hib Dose 2 of 4	Infections of the blood, brain, joints, or lungs (pneumonia)
	Polio (IPV) Dose 2 of 4	Polio
	Pneumococcal conjugate (PCV13) § Dose 2 of 4	Infections of the blood, brain, joints, inner ears, or lungs (pneumonia)
	Rotavirus ** Dose 2 of 3	Rotavirus diarrhea (and vomiting)
6 months (part of well-baby visit)	DTaP Dose 3 of 5	Diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis (whooping cough)
	Hib Dose 3 of 4	Infections of the blood, brain, joints, or lungs (pneumonia)
	Pneumococcal conjugate (PCV13) § Dose 3 of 4	Infections of the blood, brain, joints, inner ears, or lungs (pneumonia)
	Rotavirus ** Dose 3 of 3	Rotavirus diarrhea (and vomiting)
6 to 18 months	Hepatitis B Dose 3 of 3	Hepatitis B (chronic inflammation of the liver, life-long complications)
6 to 18 months	Polio (IPV) Dose 3 of 4	Polio
6 months or older	Influenza Dose 1 of 2	Flu and complications
6 months or older	Influenza Dose 2 of 2	Flu and complications
12 to 15 months	Hib Dose 4 of 4	Infections of the blood, brain, joints, or lungs (pneumonia)
	Pneumococcal conjugate (PCV13) § Dose 4 of 4	Infections of the blood, brain, joints, inner ears, or lungs (pneumonia)
	MMR Dose 1 of 2	Measles, mumps, and rubella (German measles)
	Varicella Dose 1 of 2	Chickenpox
12 to 23 months	Hepatitis A Dose 1 of 2	Hepatitis A virus (inflammation of the liver)
15 to 18 months	DTaP Dose 4 of 5	Diptheria, tetanua and pertussis (whooping cough)
18 months or older	Hepatitis A Dose 2 of 2 (follows 6 months after Dose 1)	Hepatitis A virus (inflammation of the liver)
4 to 6 years	DTaP Dose 5 of 5	Diptheria, tetanus, and pertussis (whooping cough)
	Polio (IPV) Dose 4 of 4	Polio
	MMR Dose 2 of 2	Measles, mumps, and rubella (German measles)
	Vericella Dose 2 of 2	Chickenpox
11 to 12 years	Tdap	Diptheria, tetanus and pertussis (whooping cough)
	MCV4 * Dose 1	Meningococcal conjugate vaccine
	HPV Dose 1 of 3	Human Papillomavirus
	HPV Dose 2 of 3	Human Papillomavirus
	HPV Dose 3 of 3	Human Papillomavirus

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