Society guideline links: Diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis vaccination

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Links to related guidelines are provided separately:

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

●(See "Society guideline links: Pertussis".)

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

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

International

●World Health Organization (WHO): Position paper on diphtheria vaccines (2017)

●WHO: Position paper on tetanus vaccines (2017)

●WHO: Position paper on pertussis vaccines (2015)

Canada

●Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC): Provincial and territorial routine and catch-up vaccination schedule for infants and children in Canada (2024)

●PHAC: Provincial and territorial routine vaccination programs for healthy, previously immunized adults (2024)

●National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI): Advisory Committee Statement (ACS) on immunization in pregnancy with tetanus toxoid, reduced diphtheria toxoid, and reduced acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccine, update (2019)

●PHAC: Canadian Immunization Guide

•Pertussis vaccine (2018)

•Diphtheria toxoid (2014, updated 2016)

•Tetanus toxoid (2014)

United States

●Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis vaccination – Information for healthcare professionals

●Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP): Adult immunization schedule – Recommendations for ages 19 years or older, United States (2025)

●ACIP: Child and adolescent immunization schedule – Recommendations for ages 18 years or younger, United States (2025)

●American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP): Red Book (2024)

•Diphtheria

•Pertussis (whooping cough)

•Tetanus (lockjaw)

●American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG): Committee opinion on immunization and pregnancy – Tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis vaccination, update (2017, reaffirmed 2022)

●CDC: Epidemiology and prevention of vaccine-preventable diseases ("The Pink Book") (2021)

•Diphtheria

•Pertussis

•Tetanus

●ACIP: Updated recommendations for the use of tetanus toxoid, reduced diphtheria toxoid, and acellular pertussis vaccines – United States, 2019 (published 2020)

Europe

●European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC): Vaccine scheduler

United Kingdom

●Public Health England (PHE): Guidance on pertussis – Occupational vaccination of healthcare workers (2024)

●UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA): Pertussis (whooping cough) vaccination programme for pregnant women – Information for healthcare practitioners (2014, updated 2024)

●UKHSA: The Green Book – Immunisation against infectious disease

•Pertussis (2013, updated 2024)

•Tetanus (2013, updated 2022)

•Diphtheria (2013)

Australia–New Zealand

●Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI): The Australian Immunisation Handbook

•Pertussis (whooping cough) (2024)

•Diphtheria (2023)

•Tetanus (2023)