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Standards for Practice: Vaccine Documentation						Print
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										ALL Healthcare Professionals Should:
ASSESS immunization status of all patients at every visit.
Strongly RECOMMEND vaccines that patients need.
ADMINISTER needed vaccines or REFER to a provider who can immunize.
DOCUMENT vaccines received by your patients.
Keep an up-to-date record of the vaccines your patients have received to make sure they have the best protection against vaccine-preventable diseases.
To ensure patients get the vaccines they need and to prevent unnecessary vaccination, you should:
Record vaccination in patients’ medical records
Provide documentation of vaccines received to patients for their personal records.
Document vaccinations in immunization information systems (IIS)Immunization Information Systems (IIS)
IIS are confidential, community-wide, computerized databases that record vaccines administered by participating healthcare professionals.
Documenting vaccines into IIS can benefit your practice by:
Consolidating vaccination records for your patients
Helping you assess your patients’ immunization status
Reducing chances for unnecessary doses of vaccine or missed opportunities to provide vaccines
Facilitating use of reminder and recall notifications to send to patients
Making calculation of your office’s immunization coverage rates easierLearn more about Immunization Information Systems (IIS) or reach out to your state’s main contact regarding questions about your state or local registry.
Resources
Adult Vaccinations: Team-Based Immunization (American Medical Association)
Factsheet on Vaccine Documentation [2 pages]
Sample vaccine administration record [4 pages]
							
					
							Last Reviewed:  May 2, 2016						Source: 	National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases
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