Society guideline links: Diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis vaccination

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Links to related guidelines are provided separately:

●(See "Society guideline links: Tetanus infection".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Pertussis".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Immunizations in children and adolescents".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Immunizations in adults".)

International

●World Health Organization (WHO): Recommendations for routine immunization – Summary tables (2021)

●WHO: Diphtheria vaccines position paper (2017)

●WHO: Tetanus vaccines position paper (2017)

●WHO: Pertussis vaccines position paper (2015)

Canada

●Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC): Canadian Immunization Guide

•Pertussis vaccine (2018)

•Diphtheria toxoid (2014, updated 2016)

•Tetanus toxoid (2014)

●PHAC: Canada's provincial and territorial routine (and catch-up) vaccination routine schedule programs for infants and children (2019)

●PHAC: Provincial and territorial routine vaccination programs for healthy, previously immunized adults (2019)

●National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI): Advisory Committee Statement (ACS) on immunization in pregnancy with tetanus toxoid, reduced diphtheria toxoid and reduced acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccine, update (2018)

●NACI: Advisory Committee Statement (ACS) on pertussis vaccination in pregnancy, update (2014)

●NACI: Advisory Committee Statement (ACS) on the booster for 4-6 year-olds for protection against pertussis (2014)

United States

●Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP): Recommended adult immunization schedule for ages 19 years or older, United States (2022)

●ACIP: Recommended child and adolescent immunization schedule for ages 18 years or younger, United States (2022)

●American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP): Red Book (2021)

•Diphtheria

•Pertussis (whooping cough)

•Tetanus (lockjaw)

●Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases ("The Pink Book") (2021)

•Diphtheria

•Pertussis

•Tetanus

●ACIP: Updated recommendations for the use of tetanus toxoid, reduced diphtheria toxoid, and acellular pertussis vaccines – United States, 2019 (published 2020)

●American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG): Committee opinion on immunization and pregnancy – Tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis vaccination, update (2017)

●ACIP: Recommendations on the immunization of health-care personnel (2011)

Europe

●European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC): Vaccine scheduler

United Kingdom

●Public Health England (PHE): The Green Book

•Tetanus (2013, updated 2020)

•Pertussis (2013, updated 2016)

•Diphtheria (2013)

Australia-New Zealand

●Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI): The Australian Immunisation Handbook

•Diphtheria

•Pertussis (whooping cough)

•Tetanus

Japan

●Japan Pediatric Society (JPS): Vaccination schedule