Community Care Outcomes

Prompt and complete immunization for children remains a top priority. Unfortunately, alternative vaccination schedules and myths about vaccine safety challenge pediatric providers across the country. Immunizing children before their second birthday with all doses of 10 different vaccines (4 diphtheria, tetanus, and acellular pertussis; 4 pneumococcal conjugate; 3 to 4 Haemophilus influenzae type b; 3 hepatitis B; 3 polio; 2 to 3 rotavirus; 2 influenza; 2 hepatitis A; 1 varicella; and 1 measles, mumps, and rubella) can be a challenge.