312.984 Immunization Access to Parents of High-Risk Infants Younger Than Six Months of Age:
MSSNY – (1) endorses the use of the neonatal intensive care unit and hospital newborn nursery as practical and legitimate venues for parents and first-person contacts of vulnerable infants (those less than six months of age and/or premature) to obtain vaccines against communicable respiratory pathogens such as influenza and pertussis; (2) recommends that hospitals with neonatal intensive care units and newborn nurseries consider making vaccine against these pathogens available; and (3) supports local and state governments in efforts to make available vaccinations to parents and first-person contacts of those infants under the hospital’s care. (HOD 2008-152; Reaffirmed HOD 2018)
