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Vaccine Information Statements (VIS)

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Translations of Vaccine Information Statements (VIS)

2012-13 Influenza Season: Flu VIS

Influenza (Inactivated, TIV) (English) 7-2-12

Arabic	Chinese	Ilokano	Polish	Tagalog
Amharic	Farsi	Indonesian	Portuguese
Armenian	French	Karen	Russian
Bengali	Haitian-Creole	Korean	Somali
Cambodian	Hmong	Nepali	Spanish

Influenza (Live, Intranasal, LAIV) (English) 7-2-12

Amharic	Chinese	Karen	Russian	Thai
Arabic	Farsi	Korean	Somali	Turkish
Armenian	Haitian-Creole	Polish	Spanish	Urdu
Bengali	Hmong	Portuguese	Tagalog	Vietnamese
Cambodian	Ilokano

Facts about VIS

A Vaccine Information Statement (VIS) is a one-page (two-sided) information sheet, produced by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). VIS inform vaccine recipients - or their parents or legal representatives - about the benefits and risks of a vaccine. Federal law requires that VIS be given out whenever certain vaccinations are given. The VIS must be given out at the time of each vaccination - prior to administration of the vaccine.

The Important VIS Facts handout includes a table with all the most recent published dates of the Vaccine Information Statements. It is important to use only the most up-to-date versions of the VIS. When using VIS that have been translated to foreign languages, it is not always possible to use the most up-to-date versions. When the foreign language VIS is not the most current version, parents should also be given the current English version.

Attention Michigan Healthcare Providers

In Michigan, it is important that vaccine recipients, their parents, or their legal representatives be given the Michigan versions of VIS because they include information about the Michigan Care Improvement Registry (MCIR). By state law in Michigan, parents must be informed about MCIR. Vaccine Information Statements that are obtained from other sources (e.g., from the CDC or IAC websites) do not contain information about MCIR.

Providers can Order VIS Through Local Health Departments

The Michigan Department of Community Health (MDCH) makes multiple copies of most of the Vaccine Information Statements (VIS) available to local health departments, with two exceptions. MDCH does not provide multiple copies of influenza VIS or foreign language VIS. With those exceptions, providers can order copies of the VIS through their local health departments free of charge.

Additional Information

Vaccine Information Statements (VIS)

English

Anthrax 3-10-10
Chickenpox 3-13-08
Diphtheria, Tetanus, and Pertussis 5-17-07
Haemophilus Influenzae Type b (Hib) 12-16-98
Hepatitis A 10-25-11
Hepatitis B 2-2-12
HPV Gardasil 2-22-12
HPV Cervarix 5-3-11
Influenza (Inactivated) 7-2-12
Influenza (Live, Intranasal) 7-2-12
Japanese Encephalitis (Ixiaro) 12-7-11 NOTE TO PROVIDERS
Measles, Mumps, and Rubella (MMR) 4-20-12
Measles/Mumps/Rubella & Varicella (MMRV) 5-21-10
Meningococcal 10-14-11
Multiple Vaccines 11-16-12 (see additional information)
Pneumococcal Conjugate (PCV13) 2-27-13 NOTE TO PROVIDERS
Pneumococcal Polysaccharide (PPSV23) 10-6-09
Polio 11-8-11
Rabies 10-6-09
Rotavirus 12-6-10
Shingles (Zoster) 10-6-09
Smallpox 10-2009
Td/Tdap 1/24/12
Typhoid 5-29-12
Yellow Fever 3-30-11

Finding the Revision Date on VIS

The revision date is located on the back of each VIS towards the bottom. Be sure your clinic or office is using only the most current VIS. When you receive an updated version, please discard all outdated VIS immediately. It is important to distribute only the most up-to-date Vaccine Information Statements. The Important VIS Facts handout lists the revision dates of the most current VIS.

Translations

Vaccine Information Statements (VIS) are available in many languages (see list below). When providers need VIS in additional languages, it is important to obtain them from the Michigan Department of Community Health, because the Michigan versions include information about the Michigan Care Improvement Registry (MCIR).

If you are in need of a translation that has not yet been posted on this website, please call the MDCH Division of Immunization at (517) 335-8159.

Providing the Most Current Version of the VIS

When the foreign language VIS is not the most current version, the parent or patient should also be given the current English version.

Albanian	French	Korean	Samoan
Amharic	German	Laotian	Serbo-Croatian
Arabic	Haitian-Creole	Marshallese	Somali
Armenian	Hindi	Nepali	Spanish
Bengali	Hmong	Oromo	Tagalog
Bosnian	Ilokano	Polish	Thai
Burmese	Indonesian	Portuguese	Turkish
Cambodian	Italian	Punjabi	Urdu
Chinese	Japanese	Romanian	Vietnamese
Croatian	Karen	Russian	Yiddish
Farsi

Amharic

Arabic

Chickenpox 12-16-98
Diphtheria, Tetanus, and Pertussis 5-17-07
Haemophilus Influenzae Type b (Hib) 12-16-98
Hepatitis A 10-25-11
Hepatitis B 2-2-12
HPV Cervarix 5-3-11
HPV Gardasil 2-22-12
Influenza (Inactivated) 7-2-12
Influenza (Live, Intranasal) 7-2-12
Measles, Mumps, and Rubella MMR 4-20-12
Multiple Vaccines 11-16-12 More details
Pneumococcal Conjugate (PCV13) 2-27-13
Polio 1-1-00
Tetanus and Diphtheria (Td) 6-10-94

Armenian

Hepatitis B 2-2-12
HPV Cervarix 5-3-11
Influenza (Inactivated) 7-2-12
Influenza (Live, Intranasal) 7-2-12
Measles, Mumps, and Rubella (MMR) 4-20-12
Multiple Vaccines 11-16-12 More details
Pneumococcal Conjugate (PCV13) 2-27-13

Bengali

Influenza (Inactivated) 7-2-12
Influenza (Live, Intranasal) 7-2-12

Please note: When the foreign language VIS is not the most current version, the current English version should also be given to the parent or patient.

Burmese

Chickenpox 12-16-98
Diphtheria, Tetanus, and Pertussis 7-30-01
Haemophilus Influenzae Type b (Hib) 12-16-98
Hepatitis A 3-21-06
Hepatitis B 7-11-01
Measles, Mumps, and Rubella (MMR) 1-15-03

Cambodian

HPV Cervarix 5-3-11
Influenza (Inactivated) 7-2-12
Influenza (Live, Intranasal) 7-2-12
Measles, Mumps, and Rubella (MMR) 4-20-12
Multiple Vaccines 11-16-12 More details
Pneumococcal Conjugate (PCV13) 2-27-13

Chinese

Chickenpox 12-16-98
Diphtheria, Tetanus, and Pertussis 7-30-01
Haemophilus Influenzae Type b (Hib) 12-16-98
Hepatitis A 3-21-06
Hepatitis B 7-11-01
HPV Cervarix 5-3-11
Influenza (Inactivated) 7-2-12
Influenza (Live, Intranasal) 7-2-12
Measles, Mumps, and Rubella (MMR) 1-15-03
Meningococcal 10-14-11
Multiple Vaccines 11-16-12 More details
Pneumococcal Conjugate (PCV13) 2-27-13
Pneumococcal Polysaccharide (PPV23) 7-29-97
Polio 1-1-00
Tetanus and Diphtheria (Td) 6-10-94
Tetanus, Diphtheria, and Pertussis (Tdap) 5-31-06 Interim

Please note: When the foreign language VIS is not the most current version, the current English version should also be given to the parent or patient.

Farsi

French

Haemophilus Influenzae Type b (Hib) 12-16-98
Hepatitis A 10-25-11
HPV Cervarix 5-3-11
Influenza (Inactivated) 7-2-12
Measles, Mumps, and Rubella (MMR) 1-15-03
Multiple Vaccines 11-16-12 More details
Pneumococcal Conjugate (PCV13) 2-27-13

German

Chickenpox 12-16-98
Diphtheria, Tetanus, and Pertussis 8-15-97
Haemophilus Influenzae Type b (Hib) 12-16-98
Hepatitis A 8-25-98
Hepatitis B 12-16-98
Polio 1-1-00
Tetanus and Diphtheria (Td) 6-10-94

Haitian-Creole

Diphtheria, Tetanus, and Pertussis 5-17-07
Influenza (Inactivated) 7-2-12
Influenza (Live, Intranasal) 7-2-12
Meningococcal 10-14-11
Measles, Mumps, and Rubella (MMR) 4-20-12

Please note: When the foreign language VIS is not the most current version, the current English version should also be given to the parent or patient.

Hindi

Chickenpox 3-13-08
Hepatitis A 10-25-11
Hepatitis B 2-2-12
Measles, Mumps, and Rubella 4-20-12

Hmong

Ilokano

Haemophilus Influenzae Type b (Hib) 12-16-98
Influenza (Inactivated) 7-2-12
Influenza (Live, Intranasal) 7-2-12

Indonesian

Please note: When the foreign language VIS is not the most current version, the current English version should also be given to the parent or patient.

Japanese

Chickenpox 12-16-98
Diphtheria, Tetanus, and Pertussis 7-30-01
Haemophilus Influenzae Type b (Hib) 12-16-98
Hepatitis A 8/25/98
Hepatitis B 7-11-01
Measles, Mumps, and Rubella (MMR) 1-15-03
Polio 1-1-00
Tetanus and Diphtheria (Td) 6-10-94

Karen

Chickenpox 03-13-08
DTaP 05-17-07
Hepatitis A 03-21-06
Hepatitis B 07-18-07
HPV Gardasil 05-03-11
HPV Cervarix 05-03-11
Influenza (Inactivated) 7-2-12
Influenza (Live, Intranasal) 7-2-12
Meningococcal 01-28-08
Measles/Mumps/Rubella (MMR) 03-13-08
Multiple Vaccines 01-30-08
Pneumococcal Conjugate 13 (PCV13) 04-16-10
Pneumococcal Polysaccharide (PPSV) 10-06-09
Polio 01-01-00
Rotavirus 12-06-10
Shingles 10-06-09

Korean

Hepatitis B 2-2-12
Influenza (Inactivated) 7-2-12
Influenza (Live, Intranasal) 7-2-12
Measles, Mumps, and Rubella (MMR) 4-20-12
Multiple Vaccines 11-16-12 More details
Pneumococcal Conjugate (PCV13) 2-27-13

Please note: When the foreign language VIS is not the most current version, the current English version should also be given to the parent or patient.

Nepali

Chickenpox 3-13-08
Diphtheria, Tetanus, and Pertussis (DTaP) 5-17-07
Hepatitis B 7-18-07
Influenza (Inactivated) 7-2-12
Measles, Mumps, and Rubella MMR 3-13-08
Polio 1-1-00
Tdap 11-18-08

Polish

Hepatitis B 7-11-01
Influenza (Inactivated) 7-2-12
Influenza (Live, Intranasal, LAIV) 7-2-12

Portuguese

Influenza (Inactivated) 7-2-12
Influenza (Live, Intranasal, LAIV) 7-2-12
Measles, Mumps, and Rubella (MMR) 4-20-12

Punjabi

Chickenpox 12-16-98
Diphtheria, Tetanus, and Pertussis 7-30-01
Haemophilus Influenzae Type b (Hib) 12-16-98
Hepatitis A 8-25-98
Hepatitis B 7-11-01
Measles, Mumps, and Rubella 12-16-98
Polio 1-01-00
Tetanus and Diphtheria (Td) 6-10-94

Please note: When the foreign language VIS is not the most current version, the current English version should also be given to the parent or patient.

Russian

Chickenpox 12/16/98
Diphtheria, Tetanus, and Pertussis 7-30-01
Haemophilus Influenzae Type b (Hib) 12-16-98
Hepatitis A 3-21-06
Hepatitis B 7-11-01
Influenza (Inactivated) 7-2-12
Influenza (Live, Intranasal) 7-2-12
Measles, Mumps, and Rubella (MMR) 3-13-08
Meningococcal 10/07/05
Multiple Vaccines 11-16-12 More details
Pneumococcal Conjugate (PCV13) 2-27-13
Pneumococcal Polysaccharide (PPV23) 7-29-97
Polio 1-1-00
Smallpox 11-15-03
Tetanus and Diphtheria (Td) 6-10-94

Somali

Spanish

Anthrax 3-10-10
Chickenpox 3-13-08
Diphtheria, Tetanus, and Pertussis 5-17-07
Haemophilus Influenzae Type b (Hib) 12-16-98
Hepatitis A 10-25-11
Hepatitis B 2-2-12
Human Papillomavirus (HPV) (Gardasil) 2-22-12
Human Papillomavirus (HPV) (Cervarix) 5-3-11
Influenza (Inactivated) 7-2-12
Influenza (Live, Intranasal) 7-2-12
Japanese Encephalitis 3-1-10
Measles, Mumps, and Rubella (MMR) 4-20-12
Measles/Mumps/Rubella & Varicella (MMRV) 5-21-10
Meningococcal 10-14-11
Multiple Vaccines 11-16-12 More details
Pneumococcal Conjugate (PCV13) 2-27-13
Pneumococcal Polysaccharide (PPSV23) 10-6-09
Polio 11-8-11
Rabies 10-6-09
Rotavirus 12-6-10
Shingles (Zoster) 10-6-09
Smallpox 11-15-03
Tetanus, Diphtheria and Pertussis (Td/Tdap) 1-24-12
Typhoid 5-19-04
Yellow Fever 3-30-11

Tagalog

Hepatitis B 2-2-12
Measles, Mumps, and Rubella (MMR) 4-20-12
Influenza (Inactivated) 7-2-12
Influenza (Live, Intranasal) 7-2-12
Multiple Vaccines 11-16-12 More details
Pneumococcal Conjugate (PCV13) 2-27-13

Thai

Chickenpox 3-13-08
Diphtheria, Tetanus, and Pertussis 5-17-07
Haemophilus Influenzae Type b (Hib) 12-16-98
Hepatitis A 10-25-11
Hepatitis B 2-2-12
Influenza (Live, Intranasal) 7-2-12
Measles, Mumps, and Rubella (MMR) 4-20-12
Multi-vaccine VIS 9-18-08
Pneumococcal Polysaccharide (PPSV23) 10-6-09
Tetanus, Diphtheria and Pertussis (Td/Tdap) 1-24-12

Turkish

Influenza (Live, Intranasal) 7-2-12
Measles, Mumps, and Rubella (MMR) 4-20-12
Pneumococcal Polysaccharide (PPSV23) 10-6-09
Tetanus, Diphtheria and Pertussis (Tdap) 11-18-08 -- interim

Urdu

Influenza (Live, Intranasal) 7-2-12

Vietnamese

Chickenpox 3-13-08
Diphtheria, Tetanus, and Pertussis 5-17-07
Haemophilus Influenzae Type b (Hib) 12-16-98
Hepatitis A 10-25-11
Hepatitis B 2-2-12
Influenza (Live, Intranasal) 7-2-12
Measles, Mumps, and Rubella (MMR) 3-13-08
Multiple Vaccines 11-16-12 More details
Pneumococcal Conjugate (PCV13) 2-27-13
Pneumococcal Polysaccharide (PPV23) 7-29-97
Polio 1-1-00
Smallpox 11-15-03
Tetanus and Diphtheria (Td) 6-10-94

Yiddish

Chickenpox 03-13-08
Measles, Mumps, and Rubella (MMR) 4-20-12

Providing the Most Current Version of the VIS

When the foreign language VIS is not the most current version, the parent or patient should also be given the current English version.

Multiple Vaccines VIS

This 4-page VIS includes information on routine 0-6 month vaccines -- i.e., DTaP, hepatitis B, IPV, PCV, Hib, and rotavirus. It can be used as an optional alternative to the existing individual VIS when any combination of these vaccines is administered during the same visit. (This includes combinations like Pediarix or Comvax.) In addition to the birth, 2, 4, & 6 month visits, this VIS could also be used for the 4th and 5th doses of DTaP and the 4th doses of PCV, IPV, or Hib, if they are given at the recommended ages. It should NOT be used when any of these vaccines are administered to adolescents or adults, because it doesn't contain information about risk factors, etc. for those ages.

For More Information

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) about the Multi-Vaccine VIS are posted on the CDC website.