Society guideline links: Infections in asplenic patients

Introduction — This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.

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Links to related guidelines are provided separately:

●(See "Society guideline links: Immunizations in children and adolescents".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Immunizations in adults".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Meningococcal infection".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Pneumococcal vaccination in children".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Pneumococcal vaccination in adults".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccination".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Sickle cell disease and thalassemias".)

Canada

●Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC): Canadian Immunization Guide – Immunization of persons with chronic diseases: Asplenia or hyposplenia (2022, updated 2023)

●Canadian Pediatric Society (CPS): Position statement on preventing and treating infections in children with asplenia or hyposplenia (2019)

United States

●Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP): Adult immunization schedule – Recommendations for ages 19 years or older, United States (2024)

●ACIP: Child and adolescent immunization schedule – Recommendations for ages 18 years or younger, United States (2024)

●American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP): Red Book – Immunization and other considerations in immunocompromised children: Asplenia and functional asplenia (2021)

United Kingdom

●Public Health England (PHE): The Green Book – Immunisation of individuals with underlying medical conditions (2013, updated 2020)

●British Committee for Standards in Haematology (BCSH): Review of guidelines for the prevention and treatment of infection in patients with an absent or dysfunctional spleen (2011)

Australia–New Zealand

●Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI): The Australian Immunisation Handbook – Vaccination for people who are immunocompromised: Persons with functional or anatomical asplenia

●Spleen Australia: Guidelines for the prevention of sepsis in patients with asplenia and hyposplenism in Australia and New Zealand (2017)