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Havrix
PATIENT INFORMATION
- Vaccine recipients and parents or guardians should be informed by their healthcare provider of the potential benefits and risks of immunization with HAVRIX (hepatitis a vaccine, inactivated) .
- When educating vaccine recipients and parents or guardians regarding potential side effects, clinicians should emphasize that HAVRIX (hepatitis a vaccine, inactivated) contains non-infectious killed viruses and cannot cause hepatitis A infection.
- Vaccine recipients and parents or guardians should be instructed to report any adverse events to their healthcare provider where the vaccine was administered.
- 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).
Last reviewed on RxList: 10/20/2008
This monograph has been modified to include the generic and brand name in many instances.
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