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Provider Reference Manual: Table of Contents
Provider Agreement
- Current Provider Agreement (PDF)
- 2018 Provider Agreement Letter (PDF)
- 2018 Educational Requirement Letter (PDF)
- VFC Eligibility Letter (PDF)
- Patient Eligibility Screening Record (PDF)
Child and Adolescent Immunization Schedule
- 2018 Recommended Immunization Schedule for Children and Adolescents Aged 18 Years or Younger and "catch up" (PDF)
- Information for Health Care Professionals about Adolescent Vaccines (PDF)
- Free Vaccine Sheet (PDF)
- Summary of Recommendations for Child/Teen Immunization (PDF)
- Maine Lifetime of Good Health Schedule: Child (PDF)
- Maine Lifetime of Good Health Schedule: Teen (PDF)
- School Immunization Requirements (PDF)
Adult Immunization Schedule
- 2018 Recommended Immunization Schedule for Adults Aged 19 Years or Older (PDF)
- Vaccinations for Adults (PDF)
- Before You Vaccinate Adults, Consider Their H-A-L-O (PDF)
- Summary of Recommendations for Adult Immunizations (PDF)
- Addressing Common Questions about Pneumococcal Vaccination for Adults (PDF)
- Pneumococcal Vaccine Timing – For Adults (PDF)
Administer Vaccines
- Administering Vaccines: Dose, Route, Site, and Needle Size (PDF)
- Tdap or Dtap (PDF)
- Vaccines with Diluents: How to Use Them (PDF)
Contraindications and Precautions
- Guide to Contraindications and Precautions to Commonly Used Vaccines – Children (PDF)
- Guide to Contraindications and Precautions to Commonly Used Vaccines - Adults (PDF)
- Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) (PDF)
- VAERS Reportable (PDF)
- Medical Management of Vaccine Reactions (PDF)
- Vaccine Excipient & Media Summary (PDF)
Recommended and Minimum Ages and Intervals between doses
Vaccine Information Statements
Parent Immunization Information and Refusal to Vaccinate
- What if you don't vaccinate your child? (PDF)
- Vaccines Work! (PDF)
- Evidence Shows Vaccines Unrelated to Autism (PDF)
- Decision to Not Vaccinate My Child (PDF)
Additional Links
Vaccine Storage and Handling
- Best Practices:
- Checklist for Safe Vaccine Storage and Handling (PDF)
- Contact Information for Vaccine Manufacturers (PDF)
- Temperature Logs
- State Vaccine Log Form (Word)
- State Vaccine Waste Form (Word)
- Wastage Reasons for Reconciliation (PDF)
- Thermometer Recalibration Form (PDF)
Transporting Refrigerated Vaccine
Improving Immunization Rates
- Immunization Practice Standards (PDF)
- Improve Your Immunization Rates (PDF)
- Dont Blow Your Coverage (PDF)
Disease Information Sheets
- Chickenpox is a serious disease (PDF)
- Hepatitis A is a serious disease (PDF)
- Hepatitis B is a serious disease (PDF)
- Hib is a serious disease (PDF)
- HPV is a serious disease (PDF)
- Influenza is a serious disease (PDF)
- Measles, Mumps and Rubella are serious diseases. (PDF)
- Meningococcal Disease is a serious disease (PDF)
- Pneumococcal Disease is a serious disease (PDF)
- Polio is a serious disease (PDF)
- Rotavirus is a serious disease (PDF)
- Whooping Cough is a serious disease (PDF)
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) Pads
- Aluminum in Vaccines (PDF)
- Chickenpox (PDF)
- Hepatitis A (PDF)
- Human Papillomavirus (PDF)
- Influenza (PDF)
- Meningococcus (PDF)
- Pertussis (PDF)
- Rotavirus (PDF)
- Recommended Immunization Schedule (PDF)
- The Facts About Childhood Vaccines (PDF)
- Vaccine Ingredients (PDF)
- Too Many Vaccines (PDF)
HPV Provider Toolkit
Fact Sheets
- HPV Cancer Prevention (PDF)
- HPV – Also Known as Human Papillomavirus (PDF)
- Talking to Parents about HPV Vaccine (PDF)
- Human Papillomavirus: A Parent's Guide to Preteen and Teen HPV Vaccination (PDF)
- CDC Vital Signs – Cervical Cancer is Preventable (PDF)
- Human Papillomavirus and Oropharyngeal Cancer (PDF)
- Human Papillomavirus Vaccine for Boys and Young Men (PDF)
- HPV Decision Tree (PDF)