Resources
Vaccine Administration
Find trusted resources to assess, screen, educate, administer, and document vaccines. Tools from CDC, MDHHS, and IAC support safe and effective immunization practices.
- Assess
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Screen
- Screening Questionnaire for Children and Teen Immunization (IAC)
- Screening Questionnaire for Adult Immunization (IAC)
- Standing Order Templates for Administering Vaccines (IAC)
- 10 Steps to implementing standing orders for immunization in your practice setting (IAC)
- Contraindications and Precautions (CDC)
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Educate
- What Adults Can Expect After Receiving Vaccines – English
- What Adults Can Expect After Receiving Vaccines – Spanish
- After the Shots… What To Do If Your Child Has Discomfort (IAC)
- Responding to Concerns About Vaccines (IAC)
- Patient Education Gallery
- Be There for Your Child During Shots – English and Spanish (EZIZ)
- How to hold your child during vaccinations (CDC)
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Administer
- Vaccine Information Statement (VIS) Facts (MDHHS)
- VIS in Michigan (MDHHS)
- Injectable Vaccine Administration for Children: Ages Birth through 18 Years (MDHHS)
- Injectable Vaccine Administration for Adults Aged 19 Years and Older (MDHHS)
- How to Administer Intramuscular (IM) and Subcutaneous (SC) Injections (IAC)
- How to Administer IM and SC Injections to Adults (IAC)
- Giving All the Doses to Children Under 12 Months of Age (MDHHS)
- Giving All the Doses to Children 12 Months of Age and Older (MDHHS)
- Giving All the Doses: Adolescents (MDHHS)
- Quick Reference to Combination and Reconstituted Vaccines: Childhood (MDHHS)
- Quick Reference to Combination and Reconstituted Vaccines: Adult (MDHHS)
- Medical Management of Vaccine Reactions in Children and Teens (IAC)
- Medical Management of Vaccine Reactions in Adults
& Emergency Medical Protocol for Management of Anaphylactic Reactions (IAC) - Pink Book Chapter on Vaccine Administration (CDC)
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Document
- Vaccine Administration Record (VAR) for Children and Teens (MDHHS)
- VAR for Adults (MDHHS)
- Refusal to Consent to Vaccination: Children and Adolescents (AIM/AAP)
- Refusal to Consent to Vaccination: Adults (AIM/AAP)
- Declination for Influenza/Health Care Workers-English (IAC)
- Declination for Influenza/Health Care Workers-Spanish (IAC)
- Immunization Record Card Information - Under Revision
- Information on the Michigan Care Improvement Registry (MCIR)
- MCIR Regional Contact Information
- MCIR is for Adults/What Can MCIR Do For You?
- County Immunization Report Cards (MDHHS)
