What is the latest ACIP guidance on influenza vaccination and egg allergy?

Everyone age 6 months of age or older with egg allergy and no contraindication to vaccination should receive an influenza vaccine. Any influenza vaccine (egg based or non-egg based) appropriate for the person’s age and health status can be used.

Egg allergy alone does not require any additional safety measures for influenza vaccination beyond those recommended for any recipient of any vaccine. As a general principle, all vaccines should be administered in settings in which personnel and equipment needed for rapid recognition and treatment of acute hypersensitivity reactions are available.

For more on the evidence and rationale supporting ACIP’s recommendations regarding influenza vaccination and egg allergy, see pages 12 and 13 of the ACIP recommendations for the 2023–24 season at www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/72/rr/pdfs/rr7202a1-H.pdf.