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Adult immunization schedule tweaked by CDC: revisions aim to simplify the schedule and make it look more like the child and adolescent version.(News)

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| August 01, 2004 | Norton, Patrice G.W. | COPYRIGHT 2009 International Medical News Group. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

ATLANTA -- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices has tweaked the adult immunization schedule, with an eye toward further changes in the near future.

The changes include adding a row to the schedule for health care workers, changing the color coding, removing a cautionary note about using influenza vaccine in pregnant women only during the second and third trimester, and updating the influenza vaccination footnote to make it consistent with ACIP's 2004 recommendations. The schedule is used to prompt physicians, as well as consumers, when individuals aged 19 years or older require vaccinations.

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