Guide for Determining the Number of Doses of Influenza ...

Guide for Determining the Number of Doses of Influenza Vaccine to Give to Children Age 6 Months Through 8 Years

Did the child receive at

least 2 doses of any influenza

vaccine* before most

yes

recent July 1?

Give 1 dose of current season's influenza vaccine.

no / don't know

Give 2 doses of current year's influenza

vaccine, spaced at least 4 weeks apart.

* The two doses need not have been received during the same season or consecutive seasons.

notes: ? The two doses can both be inactivated influenza vac-

cine (IIV), or, for children age 2 through 8 years who have no contraindications to live attenuated influenza vaccine (LAIV), can both be LAIV, or alternatively, 1 dose of IIV and 1 dose of LAIV.

? Administer a second dose to a 9-year-old child who received their first dose in the current season when they were age 8 years, if they haven't or don't know if they have received 2 doses in prior years.

reference Adapted from CDC. "Prevention and Control of Seasonal Influenza with Vaccines: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices ? United States, . . . " Access links to current ACIP recommendations at vaccines/hcp/acip-recs/vacc-specific/flu.html.

Saint Paul, Minnesota ? 651-647-9009 ? ?

catg.d/p3093.pdf ? Item #P3093 (10/21)

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