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Notice to Readers: Abbreviations for Vaccines in Immunization
Schedules: Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices
Each year, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) publishes immunization schedules that
summarize recommendations for currently licensed vaccines for children aged 18 years and younger, and for adults
(1,2). In February 2009, ACIP approved a listing of standardized vaccine abbreviations for use in these immunization schedules.
The table of standardized vaccine abbreviations was developed by staff members at CDC; ACIP members and
workgroups; editors of Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases
(3); and others. These abbreviations are intended
to provide a uniform approach to vaccine references used in ACIP recommendations. The standardized vaccine abbreviations
are available at http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/recs/acip/vac-abbrev.htm.
CDC. Epidemiology and prevention of vaccine-preventable diseases. Atkinson W, Hamborsky J, McIntyre L, Wolfe S, eds. 10th ed. 2nd
printing. Washington, DC: Public Health Foundation; 2008.
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