Dowd Medical Associates

Vaccine Information

The following is our schedule of routine childhood vaccinations:
Birth	HepB#1
1 month
2 months	Pentacel	Hep B	Pneumo#1	Rotateq#1
4 months	Pentacel		Pneumo#2	Rotateq#2
6 months	Pentacel	Hep B	Pneumo#3	Rotateq#3
9 months
12 months	HepA#1	Pneumo#4
15 months	DTaP	Hib	MMR	Varicella
18 months	HepA#2
2 years	Hib#4 and/or PCV13 if not already given
3 years	Hib#4 and/or PCV13 if not already given
4 years	Hib#4 and/or PCV13 if not already given
5 years	DTaP#5	IPV#4	MMR	Varicella
11/12 years	TdAp	Menactra	Gardasil opt. (1st of 3 doses given over 6 month period)
18 years	Menactra		TdaP opt.

Key:
HepA=hepatitis A	Pentacel=DTaP/Hib/IPV
HepB=hepatitis B	DTaP=diphtheria, tetanus, acellular pertussis
IPV=polio	Hib=haemophilus; Pneumo=pneumococcal
Varicella=chicken pox	MMRV=measles, mumps, rubella and varicella
Rotateq=oral Rotavirus vaccine
Gardasil=HPV vaccine for girls age 9 and older
Menactra=meningitis vaccine
PCV13=pneumococcal-13