Adult Immunization Guidelines: Challenges and Opportunities
Authors: Robert H. Hopkins
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (2010)

Editorials5 January 2010Adult Immunization Guidelines: Challenges and OpportunitiesRobert H. Hopkins Jr., MD and Keyur S. Vyas, MDRobert H. Hopkins Jr., MDFrom University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR 72205.Search for more papers by this author and Keyur S. Vyas, MDFrom University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR 72205.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-152-1-201001050-00014 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail Annually, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revises its Adult Immunization Schedule; this schedule is subsequently approved by the major specialty societies representing physicians who care for adults, including the American College of Physicians. The changes in each year's schedule are driven by advances in knowledge of vaccines and vaccine preventable disease. This issue includes the 2010 schedule (1), which is formatted as tables that present age- and medical condition–based immunization recommendations along with important descriptive footnotes. The full texts of the recommendations for each vaccine and the complete schedule are available ...References1. Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. Recommended Adult Immunization Schedule: United States, 2010. Ann Intern Med. 2010;152:36-9. LinkGoogle Scholar2. U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Approval for Cervarix. 2009. Accessed at www.fda.gov/downloads/BiologicsBloodVaccines/Vaccines/ApprovedProducts/UCM189668.pdf on 30 November 2009. Google Scholar3. U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Male indication for Gardasil. 2009. 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Accessed at www.cdc.gov/vaccines/recs/reminder-sys.htm on 30 November 2009. Google Scholar12. American Recovery and Reinvestment Act 2009: Health and Information Technology. Accessed at www.hhs.gov/recovery/reports/plans/onc_hit.pdf on 30 November 2009. Google Scholar13. American College of Physicians. Assuring Universal Access to Health Coverage and Primary Care: A Report by America's Internists on the State of the Nation's Health Care and Recommendations for Reform. 2009. Accessed at www.acponline.org/advocacy/events/state_of_healthcare/snhcbrief2009.pdf on 30 November 2009. Google Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: From University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR 72205.Disclosures: None disclosed.Corresponding Author: Robert H. Hopkins Jr., MD, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, 4301 West Markham, Mail Slot, Little Rock, AR 72205; e-mail, [email protected]edu.Current Author Addresses: Dr. Hopkins: Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, 4301 West Markham, Mail Slot, Little Rock, AR 72205.Dr. Vyas: Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, 4301 West Markham, Mail Slot, Little Rock, AR 72205. 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