Immunizations

Many people believe that immunizations are for children and people traveling abroad. Although they are important for these groups, adults who were routinely vaccinated as children may still require boosters for certain immunizations. Some adults need vaccines they have never before received.

How Immunizations Work

Vaccine Safety

Diptheria/Tetanus/Pertussis

Tetanus/Diptheria

Polio

Haemophilus Influenza B

Measles/Mumps and Rubella

Hepatitis B

Chicken Pox (Varicella)

Pneumococcal (PCV 7)

Influenza Vaccine

Pneumococcal (PPV 23)

• Recommendations For Routine Preventive Care

• Park Nicollet Clinic
  952-993-3123
• To buy publications: Park Nicollet HealthSource®
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Chicken pox)
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Influenza)
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Polio)
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Tetanus)

Vaccine safety resources

• American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
• Minnesota Department of Health
• Important information for families (AAP)
• Parents, what you need to know (CDC) 
• National Network for Immunization Information
• Are vaccines safe? (CDC)
• Vaccine concerns, Immunization Action Coalition (IAC) 
• Institute for Vaccine Safety, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
• Thimerosal content in some U.S. licensed vaccines 
• Thimerosal and autism (IAC) 
• Measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine and
  autism fact sheet (CDC)
• MMR vaccine does not cause autism (IAC)