The pediatricians in the ESD Pediatric Group have a schedule of recommended vaccines that they follow for all of their patients.
ESD Pediatric Group Vaccine Policy
Any family seeking to delay vaccines or follow an alternate schedule should discuss this directly with the physician and will be asked to sign our vaccine refusal form.
1 MONTHS Hep B #2 (assuming #1 was given at birth)
2 MONTHS Separate doses: DTaP #1, IPV #1, Hib #1, Prevnar #1,
Rotateq #1
Combination: Pentacel #1, Prevnar #1, Rotateq #1
4 MONTHS Separate doses: DTaP #2, IPV #2, Hib #2, Prevnar #2,
Rotateq #2
Combination: Pentacel #2, Prevnar #2, Rotateq #2
6 MONTHS Separate doses: DTaP #3, IPV #3, Hib #3, Prevnar #3,
Rotateq #3
Combination: Pentacel #3, Prevnar #3, Rotateq #3
9 MONTHS Hep B #3
12 MONTHS Prevnar #4, Varicella #1, Hep A #1
15 MONTHS MMR #1
18 MONTHS Separate doses: DTaP #4, Hep A #2, Hib #4
Combination: Pentacel #4, Hep A #2
4-5 YEARS Separate doses: DTaP #5, IPV #4, MMR #2, Varicella #2
Combination: Quadracel, MMR #2, Varicella #2
11 YEARS Tdap, Menactra #1, Gardasil
(If Gardasil #1 is given between ages 9-14 yrs.
Gardasil #2 give 6-12 months after first, will not need dose #3)
15 YEARS Gardasil #1 (if not received at younger age)
Gardasil #2 (2 months after first)
Gardasil #3 (6 months after first)
16 YEARS Menactra #2, Trumenba #1
Trumenba #2 (6 months after first)
For information on individual vaccines from the CDC, go to the Centers for Disease Control website or click on the individual vaccine name above.
To view the AAP (American Academy of Pediatrics) recommendations for immunizations and descriptions of the vaccines, click here.
Key
- HBV Hepatitis B Vaccine
- DTaP Daptacel, Diptheria, Tetanus, acellular Pertussis vaccine
- IPV Inactivated Polio Vaccine
- Hib Haemophilus influenza type B vaccine
- Prevnar Conjugate Pneumococcal vaccine (7-valent)
- Varicella Chicken Pox vaccine
- MMR Measles, Mumps, & Rubella vaccine
- Tdap Adacel, Tetanus booster with acellular Pertussis
- MENACTRA Conjugated Meningococcal vaccine (Meningococcal meningitis)
- HAV Hepatitis A Vaccine
- Rotateq Oral Rotavirus Vaccine
- Gardasil HPV vaccine (Human Papilloma Virus / Cervical Cancer)
- Pentacel Diphtheria and Tetanus Toxoids and Acellular Pertussis Adsorbed, Inactivated Poliovirus and Haemophilus b Conjugate (Tetanus Toxoid Conjugate) Vaccine For children 6 weeks through 4 years of age [prior to fifth birthday]
- Quadracel Diphtheria and Tetanus Toxoids and Acellular Pertussis Adsorbed and Inactivated Poliovirus Vaccine (DTaP-IPV) For children 4 through 6 years of age
Click http://www.aap.org/family/parents/immunize.htm to see the most current vaccine recommendations from the AAP and the CDC.