Are Your Child’s Immunizations Up to Date?
It is important not to miss vaccine doses.
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Vaccines help your child’s immune system to produce its own antibodies to help protect him or her from specific diseases.
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Following the routine schedule helps protect your child from disease.
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Prevnar® 13 Immunization Schedule for
Infants and Toddlers3
Prevnar
® 13 may be given to infants as young as six weeks and to children through 5 years of age.
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Prevnar
® 13 should be given according to your provincial vaccination schedule recommendations.
- The recommended routine schedule is 2 months, 4 months, 6 months and 12 to 15 months of age
(3+1 schedule).3
- If Prevnar® 13 is given as part of a routine immunization program, a three-dose (2+1) schedule may be given at ages 2 months, 4 months and
11 to 12 months.3
Prevnar® 13 Schedule for Previously Unvaccinated Children >7 Months through 5 Years of Age3
Children who have completed the infant series with Prevnar® (7-valent) can receive a single dose of Prevnar® 13 in the second year of life.3
Talk to your health care provider about Prevnar® 13 for your child.
Prevnar® 13 is a pneumococcal vaccine that helps protect against 13 strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae bacteria. Prevnar® 13 contains the 7 strains that are included in Prevnar® (7-valent), which has been marketed since 2001. Prevnar® 13 works by helping the body make its own antibodies, which protect your child against diseases such as meningitis, sepsis or bacteraemia (bacteria in blood stream) and bacteraemic pneumonia caused by thirteen strains of the bacteria Streptococcus pneumoniae.3
Prevnar® 13 should not be used if your child is allergic (hypersensitive) to the active substances, to any other ingredients, or to any other vaccine that contains diphtheria toxoid.3
Take special care with Prevnar® 13:3
- If your child has any present or past medical problems after any dose of Prevnar® (7-valent) or Prevnar® 13
- If your child is sick with a high fever
- If your child has any bleeding problems
Prevnar® 13 will only protect against diseases caused by the types of Streptococcus pneumoniae found in the vaccine.3
As with any vaccine, Prevnar® 13 will not protect 100% of those who receive the vaccine.3
1. Luman E, et al. Timeliness of Childhood Vaccinations in the United States: Days Undervaccinated and Number of Vaccines Delayed. JAMA 2005;293(10):1204–1211.
2. Public Health Agency of Canada Seventh Edition Canadian Immunization Guide, 2006.
3. Prevnar® 13 Product Monograph, Pfizer Canada Inc., November 2010.
