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PEDIATRICS Vol. 111 No. 1 January 2003, pp. 212-216
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Recommended Childhood and Adolescent Immunization Schedule—United States, 2003
Committee on Infectious Diseases
Abbreviations: AAP, American Academy of Pediatrics • ACIP, Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices • CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • AAFP, American Academy of Family Physicians • FDA, Food and Drug Administration
The annual "Recommended Childhood and Adolescent Immunization Schedule" of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) is issued in January of each year.
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Since publication of the 2002 schedule,1 no major changes have been made regarding specific vaccines. However, included for reference this year is the recommended catch-up schedule for children who fall behind or start their immunizations late. The 2003 schedule continues to encourage the routine use of hepatitis B vaccine for all infants before hospital discharge to 1) safeguard against maternal hepatitis B testing errors and test reporting failures; 2) protect neonates discharged to households in which hepatitis B chronic carriers other than the mother may reside; and 3) enhance the completion of the childhood immunization series. The new schedule also begins to focus on the expansion of routine influenza immunization for pediatric populations to reflect the shift toward immunization of all children between 6 and 24 months of age.
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During the year 2003, new recommendations about these vaccines may be made, changes in vaccine availability may occur, and other vaccine products may be approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Detailed recommendations for the use of current vaccines indicated for use during infancy, childhood, and adolescence are given in the 2000 Red Book2 (and will be updated in the 2003 Red Book, to be published this spring3). Information on new vaccine release, vaccine supply, and statements on specific vaccines can be found at (http://www.aap.org) and (http://www.cdc.gov/nip).
- COMMITTEE ON INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 2002–2003
- Jon S. Abramson, MD, Chairperson
- Carol J. Baker, MD
- Robert S. Baltimore, MD
- Joseph A. Bocchini, Jr, MD
- Sarah S. Long, MD
- Julia A. McMillan, MD
- H. Cody Meissner, MD
- Keith R. Powell, MD
- Charles G. Prober, MD
- Margaret B. Rennels, MD
- Thomas N. Saari, MD
- Leonard B. Weiner, MD
- Jon S. Abramson, MD, Chairperson
- LIAISONS
- Jack Swanson, MD
- Pediatric Practice Action Group
- Joanne Embree, MD
- Canadian Paediatric Society
- Marc A. Fischer, MD
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Martin Mahoney, MD, PhD
- American Academy of Family Physicians
- Bruce G. Gellin, MD, MPH
- National Vaccine Program Office
- Mamodikoe Makhene, MD
- National Institutes of Health
- Walter A. Orenstein, MD
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Douglas R. Pratt, MD
- Food and Drug Administration
- Jeffrey R. Starke, MD
- American Thoracic Society
- Jack Swanson, MD
- EX OFFICIO
- Larry K. Pickering, MD
- Red Book Editor
- Larry K. Pickering, MD
- CONSULTANT
- Edgar O. Ledbetter, MD
- Edgar O. Ledbetter, MD
- STAFF
- Martha Cook, MS
- Martha Cook, MS
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Organizational Principles to Guide and Define the Child Health Care System and/or Improve the Health of All Children
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- American Academy of Pediatrics, Committee on Infectious Diseases. Recommended childhood immunization schedule—United States, 2002.
Pediatrics.2002; 109
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[Free Full Text] - American Academy of Pediatrics, Committee on Infectious Diseases. 2000 Red Book: Report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases. Pickering LK, ed. 25th ed. Elk Grove Village, IL: American Academy of Pediatrics; 2000
- American Academy of Pediatrics, Committee on Infectious Diseases. 2003 Red Book: Report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases. Pickering LK, ed. 26th ed. Elk Grove Village, IL: American Academy of Pediatrics; 2003. In press
PEDIATRICS (ISSN 1098-4275). ©2003 by the American Academy of Pediatrics
The following policy statement is a revision:
- Recommended Childhood and Adolescent Immunization Schedule—United States, January–June 2004
- Committee on Infectious Diseases
Pediatrics 2004 113: 142-143.[Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
The following policy statement has been revised:
- Recommended Childhood Immunization Schedule—United States, 2002
- Committee on Infectious Diseases
Pediatrics 2002 109: 162.[Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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