The Vaccine Handbook: A Practitioner's Guide to Maximizing Use and Efficacy across the Lifespan

Written in a practical and easy to understand format, The Vaccine Handbook covers the majority of vaccine issues and is a resource for clinicians whose practices involve administering vaccines. The book is written so that healthcare providers in different specialties and at all levels of training and practice settings can optimally recommend the appropriate vaccines for their patients of any age according to CDC guidelines. Much has changed in the field of vaccinology over the last six years, and this new second edition features updates on COVID-19 vaccines and vaccination as well as updated guidance and vaccine schedules put out by the CDC for infants, children, adolescents, and adults. The book offers updated information on vaccines used in other areas of the world - focusing on SE Asia (Dengue vaccine), Europe (Cholera vaccine), India (fractional dose IPV with OPV), and areas of South America. With revisions to all chapters and up-to-date information on both new and established vaccines, chapters also focus on vaccines in development - e.g. RSV vaccine, C. difficile vaccine, GBS vaccine, etc. - to highlight what practitioners might expect in the near future.

Table of Contents:
Introduction PART I: VACCINE OVERVIEW Vaccine Facts Addressing Patient Concerns about Receiving Vaccines Common Vaccines by Type Administering Vaccines: Dose, Route, Site, and Needle Size PART II: VACCINES THROUGHOUT THE LIFECYCLE 2024 Infant, Child, and Adolescent Immunization Schedules 2024 Adult Immunization Schedules Summary of Vaccines Routinely Recommended for Adults Vaccines and Pregnancy PART III: ROUTINE VACCINES FOR VACCINE PREVENTABLE DISEASES Diphtheria Tetanus Pertussis Influenza Hepatitis A Hepatitis B Measles Mumps Rubella Varicella-zoster (chickenpox) Herpes-zoster (shingles) Pneumococcal disease Meningococcal disease Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) Hemophilus influenza type B disease Poliovirus infections Rotavirus infections COVID-19 (SARS Co-V2) Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Dengue Mpox (aka Monkeypox) Contraindications and Precautions for Commonly Used Vaccines PART IV: TRAVEL VACCINES Yellow Fever Typhoid Fever Japanese encephalitis Rabies Cholera Tick-Borne Encephalitis References

About the Author :
Tina Q. Tan is Professor of Pediatrics at the Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University; and a Pediatric Infectious Diseases attending, Medical Director of the International Patient and Destination Services Program (IPS), co-Director of the Pediatric Travel Medicine Clinic; and Director of the International Adoptee Clinic at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois. She is currently serving as the Vice President of the Lurie Children's Hospital Medical/Dental Staff. She is board certified in Pediatrics and Pediatric Infectious Diseases. John P. Flaherty, MD, joined the faculty at the University of Chicago in 1988 and moved to Northwestern University in 2001 where he is Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases) and Medical Education. He served as the Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program Director for over 20 years and continues as the Microbiology Content Director for the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine curriculum. Dan P. Dunham, is Chair, Department of Medicine, Northwell/Lenox Hill Hospital. He spent 20 years at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine, where he held several prominent roles, including as director of quality improvement, director of clinical practice and associate division chief in ambulatory medicine. Throughout these two decades, he also served in an educational capacity, starting off as an instructor and advancing to the role of professor. He received his medical degree from the Pritzker School of Medicine at the University of Chicago after completing his undergraduate degree with honors at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He completed his internship and residency in internal medicine at the University of Chicago Hospitals and subsequently obtained his MPH in epidemiology and biostatistics at the University of Illinois School of Public Health in Chicago.