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PATIENT INFORMATION
PATIENT INFORMATION
Information for Vaccine Recipients and Guardians: Vaccine recipients and guardians should be informed by their healthcare provider of the potential benefits and risks of immunization with HAVRIX. When educating vaccine recipients and guardians regarding potential side effects, clinicians should emphasize that HAVRIX contains non-infectious killed viruses and cannot cause hepatitis A infection.
Vaccine recipients and guardians should be instructed to report any severe or unusual adverse reactions to their healthcare provider.
The vaccine recipients or guardian should be given the Vaccine Information Statements, which are required by the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 to be given prior to immunization. These materials are available free of charge at the CDC website (www.cdc.gov/nip).
Generic Name: Hepatitis A Vaccine, Inactivated
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