VIS Overview

Ken Gerlach, MPH 

Health Scientist 

National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases 

Immunization Services Division 

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 

Immunization Services Division 

National Center for Immunization & Respiratory Diseases 

"Reviewed November 2014"
Vaccine Information Statement (VIS)
 
 

 

 

 

 

National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act 

Required by law .... 

Prior to vaccine administration, provide a copy of the relevant Vaccine 

Information Statement (VIS) 

Vaccine Information Statement (VIS) – Objective information on vaccine 

advantages and risks 

• Intense scrutiny by panel of experts, updated periodically 
 

 

 

 

Why 2D Barcodes on VIS? 

Partners input: 

• If you’re going to put barcodes on vaccine vials and syringes what about the 

VIS? 

Reasons Why 

• Record the VIS data more accurately 

• Increase in completeness for data elements 

• Simplify immunizer data entry 

• Reduce the time spent by immunizers recording that the VIS was provided 

• Ensure legal compliance 

• Enhance record keeping for provider 

• Promote use of barcoding technology 
 

Decisions 

Use GS1 standards and tools 

• Collaboration with GS1 Healthcare US 

Use GS1 data matrix 2D barcode 

Use GS1 Application Identifier (AI) - Global Document Type Identifier (GDTI)
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Global Document Type Identifier (GDTI)
 

GS1 Company Prefix + Document Type 

Although the length of the GS1 Company Prefix and the length 

of the document type may vary, they will always be a combined 

total of 12 digits. 

Check Digit 

(253) 0 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 6 

AI Position 1 - Position 12 Position 13 

Global Document Type Identifier (GDTI)	 

•	 For record keeping 

•	 GDTI database is created which holds master copy of 

document 

•	 GDTI is assigned for life of document 

•	 Can be encoded into GS1-128 barcode using AI(253) 

•	 

GDTI enables
 

Tracking documents 

•	 Retrieval of key data 

•	 Control and efficiency 

•	 Unique identification of documents 

• Reference-able by other systems 
 

 

 

(253) 0 8 8 6 9 8 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 0 6 

AI GDTI (13 char) Serial Component 

GS1 Application GS1 Company Prefix + Document Type + Check digit Edition date 

Identifier (AI) for 11 then (YYMMDD) 

GDTI 

 

 

 

Capture Edition Date of the VIS
 

Example Data in 2D Barcode 

• Provider - required per law to record this information 

• Starts with the digit 11 

• Followed by the version date of the VIS in the YYMMDD format 
 

 

 

 

 

VIS GDTI 

•	 VIS GDTI document code / Concept code will not change over time 

• For example – Adenovirus VIS document type code, 0886983000011, will 

remain the same 

•	 When all VIS document type GDTI codes are assigned vendors will not need 

to rely on the external Lookup table for every instance 

•	 The Lookup Table is available on CDC 2D VIS Web-page and in PHINVADS 
Lookup Table
 
CDC VIS 2D Webpage
 
 

 

 

 

 

FAQ – Required? 

Q: Does CDC require any new reporting from the VIS barcodes? 

A: No. The CDC does not require new reporting from the VIS barcodes which 

contain information on the VIS document type and edition date. The reporting 

process by grantees and immunizers should remain the same. 

Opportunity to allow providers to scan VIS related information 
 

Multiple Vaccines VIS 

Healthcare providers have an option 

to use the multi-vaccine VIS for: 

- DTaP - Hib 

- Hepatitis B - Polio 

- Rotavirus - PCV13 

or use vaccine-specific VIS for: 

- DTaP 

- Hepatitis B 

- Rotavirus 

- Hib 

- Polio 

- PCV13 

When using the 

multi-vaccine 

VIS, indicate which 

vaccine(s) were 

administered by checking 

the appropriate box. 
 

 

 

 

Questions?
 

For more information please contact Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 

1600 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30333 

Telephone, 1-800-CDC-INFO (232-4636)/TTY: 1-888-232-6348 

E-mail: cdcinfo@cdc.gov Web: www.cdc.gov 

The findings and conclusions in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official 

position of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 

National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases 

Immunization Services Division