Vaccination in the primary care setting: When is it safe to proceed?

Abstract

Primary care practitioners play an important role in administering and advocating vaccinations against vaccine‑preventable infectious diseases and ensuring herd immunity in our population. This is a follow‑up article to an earlier one which dealt with the principles of vaccine scheduling and administration. This article describes several false contraindications to vaccination that a primary care practitioner may encounter, including pregnancy, current breastfeeding, history of febrile seizures, and having immunosuppressed or pregnant household contacts. We aimed to provide a guide for safe and timely vaccine administration in the primary care setting.