Immunization status of hospitalized preschool-age children. The need for hospital-based immunization programs
C. J. Tifft and H. M. Lederman
Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore.
The records of 102 hospitalized preschool-age children were reviewed to
determine their immunization status. Nineteen children (19%) had a
documented delay in immunizations. None of these children were immunized
prior to hospital discharge, although no contraindications to immunization
had been identified. Two to five months after hospital discharge, ten
patients (53%) were still deficient. Compliance with recommended
immunization schedules is not adequately addressed during hospital
admissions.
