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Summary of Major Changes in the 2009 Red Book

Major Changes General
Section 1. Active and Passive Immunization
Section 2. Recommendations for Care of Children in Special Clinical Circumstances
Section 3. Summaries of Infectious Diseases
Section 4. Antimicrobial Agents and Related Therapy
Section 5. Antimicrobial Prophylaxis
Appendices

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MAJOR CHANGES: GENERAL

  1. The use of the dash (-) has been eliminated and replaced by the word "through" when referring to inclusive ages (eg, 6 through 12 months of age).

  2. All Web sites and telephone numbers have been updated and verified to be accurate at the time of publication.

  3. References to policy recommendations of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, and other select societies have been updated throughout.

  4. Standardized vaccine abbreviations (www.cdc.gov/vaccines/recs/acip/vac-abbrev.htm) are used throughout.


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SECTION 1. ACTIVE AND PASSIVE IMMUNIZATION

  1. Table 1.1, showing morbidity from 10 vaccine preventable diseases, has been updated to include data from 2007.

  2. The Web site for the interactive catch-up immunization scheduler for children 0 through 6 years of age has been added (www.cdc.gov/vaccines/programs/default.htm#catchup).

  3. Table 1.3 has been updated to include vaccines licensed since publication of the 2006 Red Book, including DTaP-IPV, DTaP-IPV/Hib, HPV, meningococcal conjugate, rotavirus and zoster vaccines. In addition, references to single-antigen measles, mumps, and rubella vaccines have been removed, because these vaccines currently are not produced in the United States.

  4. The table showing recommended storage temperatures of commonly used vaccines has been eliminated and replaced with a Web site where this information can be obtained (www.cdc.gov/vaccines/pubs/downloads/ bk-vac-mgt.pdf).

  5. The 2009 childhood and adolescent immunization schedule has been added (Fig 1.1–1.3), as has the Web site for access to future, updated childhood and adult immunization schedules.

  6. The Combination Vaccines section has been updated, including addition of a table that . . . [Go to Full Text]


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