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CE Instructions for

WB4458R: General Best Practice Guidelines for Immunization—2021

(Credit expires 4/21/2025)

To receive continuing education (CE)

In order to receive continuing education (CE) for WB4458R General Best Practice 

Guidelines for Immunization—2021, please visit TCEO at www.cdc.gov/getCE and 

follow the 9 Simple Steps by 4/21/2025.

NOTE—You must pass the posttest at 80%. There are only 2 attempts allowed.

If you have any questions or problems, contact CDC/ATSDR Training and Continuing Education Online via email at 

ce@cdc.gov. You may also contact the CE Coordinator at NCIRD, Melissa Barnett at MBarnett2@cdc.gov

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: The General Best Practice Guidelines for Immunization publication is intended for clinicians and 

other health care providers who vaccinate patients in varied settings, including hospitals, provider offices, pharmacies, schools, 

community health centers, and public health clinics. The field of immunization is marked by constant change, including licensing 

of new vaccines, new vaccination recommendations, and new findings of how vaccines work and their adverse events. General 

Best Practice Guidelines for Immunization provides clinicians and other health care providers with ACIP’s best practices 

guidance on immunization. 

OBJECTIVES: At the conclusion of the session, the participant will be able to:

Identify valid contraindications for commonly used vaccines.

Describe the minimum intervals between doses for vaccines routinely used in the United States.

Describe methods for preventing and managing adverse reactions.

Describe recommended practices for administration of vaccines.

Describe proper storage and handling procedures for immunobiologics.

Identify evidence-based interventions shown to improve vaccination rates among children.

Locate current immunization resources to increase knowledge of team’s role in program implementation for improved team 

performance.

Implement disease detection and prevention health care services (e.g., smoking cessation, weight reduction, diabetes 

screening, blood pressure screening, immunization services) to prevent health problems and maintain health.

FACULTY/CREDENTIALS:

Lynn Bahta, B.S.N., M.P.H., C.P.H., Immunization Clinical Consultant, Minnesota Department of Health

Andrew Kroger, MD, MPH, Medical Officer, CDC/NCIRD

Sarah S. Long, MD, Professor of Pediatrics, Drexel university College of Medicine

Pablo J. Sánchez, MD, Professor of Pediatrics, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, The Ohio State University College of Medicine

ORIGINATION DATE: 4/21/2021 EXPIRATION DATE: 4/21/2025

URL: https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/hcp/acip-recs/general-recs/index.html

HARDWARE/SOFTWARE: Computer Hardware; Internet connection; Browser; MATERIALS: Internet connection, computer, 

and telephone line

TARGET AUDIENCE: Administrators, CHES certified health educators, Physicians, Epidemiologists, LPNs, LVNs, Medical 

assistants, medical students, NPs, nurse technicians, other health educators, Pharmacists, PAs, program managers RNs

PREREQUISITES: Participants should have a basic educational background in science including general knowledge in the subject 

areas of biology, immunization, and vaccine-preventable diseases. 

FORMAT: This course is Enduring material.
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ACCREDITATION STATEMENTS:

CME: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention designates this Enduring activity for a maximum of 3.5 AMA PRA 

Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

CNE: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention designates this activity for 3.5 nursing contact hours.

CPE: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention designated this knowledge-based event for pharmacists to receive .35

CEUs(3.5 contact hours) in pharmacy education. The Universal Activity Number isJA4008229-0000-23-007-H06-P.

Once credit is claimed, an unofficial statement of credit is immediately available on TCEOnline. Official credit will be uploaded 

within 60 days on the NABP/CPE Monitor.

CEU: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is authorized by IACET to offer 0.35 CEU's for this program.

CECH: Sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a designated provider of continuing education contact 

hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. This program is 

designated for Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES®) and/or Master Certified Health Education Specialists (MCHES®) to 

receive up to 3.5 total Category I continuing education contact hours. Maximum advanced level continuing education contact 

hours available are 3.5. Continuing Competency credits available are 3.5. CDC provider number 98614.

For Certified Public Health Professionals (CPH)

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is a pre-approved provider of Certified in Public Health (CPH) recertification 

credits and is authorized to offer 3 CPH recertification credits for this program.

DISCLOSURE: In compliance with continuing education requirements, all planners and presenters must disclose all financial 

relationships, in any amount, with ineligible companies during the previous 24 months as well as any use of unlabeled 

product(s) or products under investigational use. 

CDC, our planners, and content experts, wish to disclose they have no financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies whose 

primary business is producing, marketing, selling, reselling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

Content will not include any discussion of the unlabeled use of a product or a product under investigational use with the 

exception of the content experts’ discussion of DTaP, DTaP-HepB-IPV, DTaP-IPV/Hib, HepA, HepB, Hib, HPV, RZV, IIV, IPV, MMR, 

PCV13, PPSV23, Tdap, Var, and YF. The content experts will discuss the use of DTaP, DTaP-HepB-IPV, DTaP-IPV/Hib, HepA, 

HepB, Hib, HPV, RZV, IIV, IPV, MMR, PCV13, PPSV23, Tdap, Var, and YF vaccines in a manner recommended by the Advisory 

Committee on Immunization Practices, but not approved by the Food and Drug Administration.

CDC did not accept financial or in-kind support from ineligible companies for this continuing education activity.

FEES: No fees are charged for CDC’s CE activities.

In support of improving patient care, The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is 

jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), 

the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses 

Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.