Home / Ask The Experts / A healthy child received only one dose of PCV13 at age 10 months. She is now 6 years old. Our state requires one dose of PCV after the first birthday for school attendance. Her physician says because she is older than 59 months, she does not need another dose of PCV. What should we do in this situation?

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A healthy child received only one dose of PCV13 at age 10 months. She is now 6 years old. Our state requires one dose of PCV after the first birthday for school attendance. Her physician says because she is older than 59 months, she does not need another dose of PCV. What should we do in this situation?

ACIP does not recommend routine PCV vaccination of healthy children 60 months of age or older. If there is a school requirement, the simplest solution is to give the child one dose of either PCV15 or PCV20 now. However, health insurance may not pay for this dose. For more information on the ACIP recommendations for pneumococcal vaccination of children, go to CDC’s summary of pneumococcal vaccine recommendations: www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd/pneumo/hcp/who-when-to-vaccinate.html.

Last reviewed: November 13, 2024

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This page was updated on November 13, 2024.