PUBLISHED: 2016
CATEGORY: Health care providers
TYPE: External Link Statement on Rotavirus Vaccines and Intussusception: An Advisory Committee Statement (ACS) Update
Statement on Rotavirus Vaccines and Intussusception: An Advisory Committee Statement (ACS) Update Statement on Rotavirus Vaccines and Intussusception: An Advisory Committee Statement (ACS) Update
Highlights key information for immunization providers. Although there is no evidence that children who have a history of intussusception are at a higher risk of another intussusception after receiving RV vaccine, as a precaution, infants with a history of intussusception should not be given RV vaccine.
Authors: National Advisory Committee on Immunization
Publisher: Publisher
Public Health Agency of Canada