Tdap - Tetanus (lockjaw), Diphtheria (throat infection) and Pertussis (whooping cough).
Every 5 - 10 years for all patients. Do this 2 years after your last booster if you work in healthcare or are around newborn babies.
Hepatitis A - to prevent yellow jaundice from infected food handlers or if you travel outside the U.S. (especially Mexico and third world countries).
Hepatitis B - for everyone born before 1982 or very sexually active people.
Meningitis - for all patients 11-19 years old.
Chicken Pox - if you have never had chicken pox.
Flu shot - every October to January.
Pneumonia - for everyone with a chronic medical condition (diabetes, heart disease, anemia, immune diseases) or over 60 years old. |