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HuckleB

(35,773 posts)
Thu Oct 25, 2012, 11:01 AM Oct 2012

CDC Panel Backs Tdap Vaccination During Every Pregnancy

http://www.obgynnews.com/index.php?id=11192&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=138011&cHash=c6ed302601e52f9797a79a99a1f1b64c

"All pregnant women should receive a dose of the Tdap vaccine, whether she has received the vaccine previously, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommended.

At a meeting on Oct. 24, the committee voted 14-0, with one abstention, to support the recommendation proposed by the ACIP pertussis vaccine work group that providers of prenatal care implement a Tdap immunization program for all pregnant women and that health care personnel "should administer a dose of Tdap during each pregnancy, irrespective of the patient’s prior history of receiving Tdap." If not administered, during pregnancy, "Tdap should be administered immediately post partum," according to the recommendation.

The recommendation is a change from the previous recommendation made by ACIP in June 2011, which says that that Tdap should be administered during pregnancy "only to women who have not previously received Tdap." The current recommendation also states that women who do not receive the vaccine during pregnancy should be vaccinated immediately post partum.

Optimally, women should receive Tdap between 27 and 36 weeks’ gestation, to maximize the maternal antibody response and passive transfer of antibodies to the infant, said Dr. Jennifer Liang, the lead CDC member of the ACIP pertussis vaccine work group. Based on work group’s review, the evidence is "reassuring" – that two doses of Tdap are safe, she said.

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CDC Panel Backs Tdap Vaccination During Every Pregnancy (Original Post) HuckleB Oct 2012 OP
Du rec. Nt xchrom Oct 2012 #1
Glad they're focusing on adults mzmolly Oct 2012 #2
My wife got her's when she went into labor NickB79 Oct 2012 #3
That does seem odd. HuckleB Oct 2012 #4

NickB79

(19,253 posts)
3. My wife got her's when she went into labor
Tue Oct 30, 2012, 03:56 PM
Oct 2012

Right before they administered her epidural, oddly enough.

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