The Clinician Vaccine Safety Resource Guide ― Optimizing Prevention of Vaccine-preventable Diseases Across the Lifespan

This book provides clinicians and their staff with essential information on the vaccines that are recommended and not recommended for their patients, the diseases these vaccines prevent, and a broad range of potential vaccine safety issues that may be brought up by their patients. 

Each topic, from specific vaccines to safety concerns, is covered succinctly, based upon systematic reviews of the scientific literature, with talking points to be used with patients. The organization of the information makes it easy to reference specific topics and quickly find pertinent information, with the most practical details (such as recommendations and causality conclusions) highlighted at the very beginning of the respective sections. There are also sections outlining the vaccine safety system and evidence-based strategies for how to talk with patients about vaccines. This book aims to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of clinical vaccine discussions with patients, leading to more informed patients and timely vaccination. This is an ideal resource for all clinicians administering vaccines and their healthcare teams.

Matthew Z. Dudley, PhD (candidate), MSPH

Epidemiologist, Institute for Vaccine Safety

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Daniel A. Salmon, PhD, MPH

Professor, Departments of International Health and Health, Behavior and Society

Deputy Director, Institute for Vaccine Safety

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Director, Institute for Vaccine Safety,

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Neal A. Halsey, MD

Emeritus Professor, Department of International Health,

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Emeritus Professor, Department of Pediatrics,

Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

Walter A. Orenstein, MD, DSc (Hon)

Professor of Medicine, Pediatrics, Global Health, and Epidemiology,

Emory University

Associate Director, Emory Vaccine Center

Director, Center of Excellence for Influenza Research and Surveillance (Emory-UGA CEIRS)

President, National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID)

Rupali J. Limaye, PhD, MPH, MA

Associate Director for Behavioral Research, Institute for Vaccine Safety

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Sean T. O’Leary, MD, MPH

Associate Professor, Pediatrics-Infectious Diseases

University of Colorado School of Medicine

Saad B. Omer, MBBS, PhD, MPH

William H. Foege Professor of Global Health