Vaccines: Pubs/VIS/Fact Sheet

Fact Sheet for Vaccine Information Statements
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Basic Information about Vaccine Information Statements
Provider Responsibilities Updated 6/16/09Types of VISs and When to Use Them
How to Get VISs
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Frequently Asked Questions
IMPORTANT: By Federal law, all vaccine providers must give patients, or their parents or legal representatives, the appropriate Vaccine Information Statement (VIS) whenever a vaccination is given.

Basic Information about Vaccine Information
Basic Information about VISs
What is a Vaccine Information Statement?
A Vaccine Information Statement (VIS) is a one-page (two-sided) information sheet, produced by CDC. VISs inform vaccine recipients — or their parents or legal representatives — about the benefits and risks of a vaccine. The law requires that VISs given out whenever certain vaccinations are given.

Who must give out VISs?
All provider of vaccines, both public and private sector.

Why must VISs be used?
It is a requirement of the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986. Their purpose is to inform vaccine recipients, or parents of children getting vaccines, about the benefits and risks of vaccines.

When must VISs be given out?
They must be given out at the time of each vaccination — prior to administration of the vaccine.

Which VISs must I use?
A VIS must be provided for any vaccine that is covered by the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (i.e., appears on the Vaccine Injury Table). As of June 2009, VISs that must be used are: DTaP, Td, MMR, Polio, Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, Hib, Varicella, Influenza, and Pneumococcal Conjugate.

Other VISs that are available are Pneumococcal Polysaccharide, Meningococcal*, Tdap*, Rabies, Rotavirus*, HPV*, Shingles, Yellow Fever, Typhoid, Japanese Encephalitis, Anthrax, and Smallpox. Their use is not required by the National Childhood Injury Act, but is strongly encouraged – and they must be used when giving vaccines purchased through a CDC contract.

*Rotavirus Tdap, HPV, and meningococcal vaccines are covered by the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, but the VISs for these recently-licensed, or recently-covered vaccines have not yet been published in "final" (i.e., non-interim) versions.


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