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Childhood Immunizations
Immunization Action Program (IAP) Nurses
1-203-854-7728 |
| Pamela Bates, RN, BSN - IAP Coordinator |
| Eileen Musso, RN, BSN - IAP Nurse |
| Judy Brown - IAP Outreach |
Norwalk Health Department performs a variety of surveillance activities at medical clinics and physician offices to ensure that all area children receive age appropriate immunizations by their second birthday. The IAP nurses are the state representatives for the Connecticut Immunization Registry Tracking System, a state computer program into which physicians are required to report all childhood vaccines.
Immunization Record
This chart shows acceptable age ranges for shots. Ask your health-care provider to tell you when your child should get shots.
| CHILD'S AGE |
SHOT |
| Birth - 2 months |
Hep B (hepatitis B) |
| 1 - 4 months |
Hep B |
| 2 months |
DTaP (diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis) Polio, Hib (Haemophilus influenza type b), Prevnar (pneumococcal vaccine), Rotavirus |
| 4 months |
DTaP, Polio, Hib, Prevnar, Rotavirus |
| 6 months |
DTaP, Polio, Prevnar, Rotavirus |
| 6 - 18 months |
Hep B |
| 12 - 15 months |
Hib, MMR (measles, mumps and rubella), Varicella (chicken pox), Prevnar, Hep A |
| 15 - 18 months |
DTaP |
| 18 months |
Hep A |
Before starting school
(4 - 6 years) |
MMR required for school entry, Fall 2000.
DTaP, Polio, Varicella |
| 11 - 12 years |
Varicella (if your child has not had the chickenpox shot and has never had chickenpox),
Hep B (if your child has not had the hepatitis B shots),
HPV (Human Papilloma Virus) for females only; begin the three dose series, Menactra (meningococcal vaccine) |
| 11 - 18 years |
Tdap (tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis) or TD (tetanus, diphtheria) |
| 6 months - 18 years |
Influenza vaccine during flu season (October to March) |
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