Vaccinations & Screening
Northampton Area Pediatrics is committed to the highest level of preventative health care for your children and family. Therefore, we recommend that your child receive the immunizations listed below, with a few specific exceptions (such as an anaphylactic reaction to a vaccine, a neurologic disorder, or an underlying immune deficiency).
Please use this vaccination and treatment schedule to answer many of your questions regarding the current childhood vaccination recommendations from the American Academy of Pediatrics and the ACIP (see the next section for more detailed informaiton).
| Age |
Vaccination | screening |
|---|---|---|
| Birth |
Hep B |
Newborn Screen |
| 2 Months |
DTaP/IPV/HIB; Hep B; PCV-7; Rota | |
| 4 Months |
DTaP/IPV/HIB; PCV-7; Rota | |
| 6 Months |
DTaP/IPV/HIB; Hep B; PCV-7; Rota | |
| 9 Months |
OAE hearing test | |
| 12 Months |
Hep A |
Anemia and lead screening; OAE |
| 15 Months |
PCV-7; MMR; Varicella | |
| 18 Months |
DTaP/HIB | |
| 2 Years |
Hep A | Anemia and lead screening; OAE |
| 3 Years |
Anemia and lead screening; OAE; vision testing** | |
| 4 Years |
DTaP; IPV | OAE |
| 5 Years |
MMR; Varicella |
|
| 12 Years |
TdaP; MCV-4; HPV series *** | |
| 18 Years |
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| Seasonal | Flu Shot (Influenza)**** |
