TABLE. Recommended minimum ages for administration of DTaP-IPV-Hib-HepB vaccine and intervals between doses — United States, 2020*.
Parameter | Age/Interval |
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Minimum age for any dose | 6 weeks |
Minimum interval between doses 1 and 2 | 4 weeks |
Minimum age for dose 2 | 10 weeks |
Minimum interval between doses 2 and 3 | 4 weeks |
Minimum age for dose 3 | 24 weeks† |
Maximum age for any dose | 4 years, 364 days (do not administer on or after the fifth birthday) |
Abbreviations: DTaP = diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and acellular pertussis; Hib = Haemophilus influenzae type b; HepB = hepatitis B; IPV = inactivated poliovirus.
* The DTaP-IPV-Hib-HepB vaccine (Vaxelis; MCM Vaccine Company) was licensed in December 2018 and will not be commercially available in the United States before 2021.
† If the third dose of DTaP-IPV-Hib-HepB is given before age 24 weeks, an additional dose of hepatitis B vaccine should be given at age ≥24 weeks to complete the hepatitis B series.