Does the federal law that requires providing patients with VISs apply when administering influenza vaccine to employees and volunteers in hospitals or other workplaces?

If a vaccine is covered under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act, as influenza vaccine is, it is mandatory under federal law to give the VIS for that vaccine to the vaccinee, regardless of age. Therefore, when you give influenza vaccine to employees and staff, you are required by law to provide them with a VIS.

The inactivated and recombinant influenza vaccine VIS and all available translations of it are here: www.immunize.org/vaccines/vis/influenza-inactivated/. The live attenuated influenza (LAIV) VIS and all available translations of it are here: www.immunize.org/vaccines/vis/influenza-live/.

Immunize.org also offers a printable PDF document with QR codes for easy access to all translations of the inactivated and recombinant influenza vaccine VIS: www.immunize.org/wp-content/uploads/catg.d/p2092.pdf. Healthcare providers or recipients can scan the QR codes to access a digital copy of the English version or one of many translations on their mobile device.