CDC - ACIP - Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) Home Page - Vaccines

CDC - ACIP - Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) Home Page - Vaccines

For Health Care Professionals

Child, Adolescent & "Catch-up" Immunization Schedules

These recommended schedules summarize ACIP recommendations for currently licensed vaccines for children ages 18 years and younger.

Adult Immunizati

The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) is a group of medical and public health experts that develop recommendations on how to use vaccines to control diseases in the United States...more

Register for the upcoming ACIP meeting

February 20-21, 2013
(Wednesday - Thursday)
Deadline for registration: February 4, 2013 (US citizens AND non-US citizens)

Registration is NOT required to watch the meeting via webcast

ACIP Meeting agenda  [334 KB, 2 pages]

ACIP Recommendations

• Recommendations Complete list of ACIP recommendations published in the MMWR.
• Provisional ACIP Recommendations Interim information for health care personnel on ACIP recommendations most recently voted upon that have yet to be officially approved by CDC.
• Immunization Schedules Links to the childhood, adolescent, catch-up, and adult immunization schedules; plus vaccine recording and screening forms.
• GRADE (Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development & Evaluation) Find tables referenced in ACIP recommendations published in MMWR and learn about GRADE.

General Committee-related Information

• Charter Defines ACIP's purpose, authority, and function; its structure, meetings, and compensation; plus costs, reports, and termination.
• Members Membership roster, including chair, executive secretary, voting members, ex officio members, and liaison representatives.
  • Nominations for future vacancies on ACIP Procedure for nomination of candidates for ACIP membership.
• Annals of Internal Medicine: Role of ACIP Article describing ACIP's role in the development and dissemination of vaccine recommendations and policies plus information on conflicts of interest and ACIP work groups.
• Vaccine Supplement: Structure, Role, & Procedures of ACIP Article describing the Role of National Advisory Committees in Supporting Evidence-based Decision Making for National Immunization Programs.

Guidance

• ACIP Guidance for Economics Studies Procedures for review of economic analyses to be presented to the ACIP.
• ACIP Guidance for Vaccine Recommendations for Pregnant & Breastfeeding Women Guiding principles for development of ACIP recommendations for vaccination of pregnant and breastfeeding women.
• ACIP Abbreviations for Vaccines

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What's New

• October Meeting Minutes
• Abbreviations for Vaccines
• Live Meeting - Oct 24-25
• Nominations for 2014 ACIP Membership

ACIP Meetings

• Meeting Information Recent ACIP meeting agendas, detailed meeting minutes, live meetings, and presentation slides.
• Upcoming Meetings List of scheduled ACIP meeting dates.
• Register for a Meeting Next meeting's registration details including deadline, driving directions and hotel choices.

ACIP Flyer

This 2 page ACIP flyer  [814 KB, 2 pages] answers questions such as what does the ACIP consider in the vaccine recommendation process, including recommended ages for administration of various vaccines to children?

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