Original Launch Date: 10/16/2016
Expiration Date: 10/16/2018
ACCME PARS: 2490
This activity is intended for healthcare providers delivering care to women and their families.
After completing this activity, the participant should be better able to:
1. Choose the appropriate vaccines that are recommended for all pregnant women
2. Name the vaccinations that are contraindicated in pregnancy
Estimated time to complete activity: 0.25 hours
Susan J. Gross, MD, FRCSC, FACOG, FACMG
President and CEO, The ObG Project
Postgraduate Institute for Medicine (PIM) requires faculty, planners, and others in control of educational content to disclose all their financial relationships with ineligible companies. All identified conflicts of interest (COI) are thoroughly vetted and mitigated according to PIM policy. PIM is committed to providing its learners with high quality accredited continuing education activities and related materials that promote improvements or quality in healthcare and not a specific proprietary business interest of an ineligible company.
The PIM planners and others have nothing to disclose. The OBG Project planners and others have nothing to disclose.
Faculty: Susan J. Gross, MD, receives consulting fees from Cradle Genomics.
Planners and Managers: PIM Planners have nothing to disclose
Participants must read the learning objectives and faculty disclosures and study the educational activity.
If you wish to receive acknowledgment for completing this activity, please complete the test and evaluation. Upon registering and successfully completing the test with a score of 100% and the activity evaluation, your certificate will be made available immediately.
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by the Postgraduate Institute for Medicine and The ObG Project. Postgraduate Institute for Medicine is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Postgraduate Institute for Medicine designates this enduring material for a maximum of 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Nursing Education activity is 0.2 contact hours.
Designated for 0.1 contact hours of pharmacotherapy credit for Advance Practice Registered Nurses.
ACOG has released a Committee Opinion on Maternal Immunization. During pregnancy, all women should be evaluated for vaccination requirements. Acceptance of vaccination during pregnancy is much higher when the recommendation comes from a woman’s obstetrician or obstetrical provider. The Committee Opinion states
There is no evidence of adverse fetal effects from vaccinating pregnant women with inactivated virus, bacterial vaccines, or toxoids, and a growing body of data demonstrate the safety of such use.
Tdap (Tetanus, Diphtheria and Pertussis)
Influenza (inactivated or recombinant)
Hepatitis B (HepB)
Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV)
Note: A monoclonal antibody (nirsevimab) is available for infants if maternal RSV vaccination has not occurred or vaccine was given but delivery was prior to 34 weeks | Nirsevimab is considered safe and effective for the prevention of RSV in infants | ACOG recommends that patients should be counseled regarding monoclonal antibodies as an alternative at birth including whether the antibodies will be available
Hepatitis A (HepA)
Meningococcal (MenACWY or MPSV4)
Polio: Inactivated Polio Vaccine (IPV)
Pneumococcal vaccination
Human Papillomavirus (HPV)
There is no evidence that there is risk to a fetus with inactivated virus or bacterial vaccines or toxoids. Live vaccines are contraindicated during pregnancy due to a theoretical risk. The CDC and ACOG website links below provide additional information to dosing and further contraindications and precautions.
ACOG strongly recommends that all eligible persons receive a COVID-19 vaccine or vaccine series. Obstetrician-gynecologists and other women’s health care practitioners should lead by example by being vaccinated and encouraging eligible patients to be vaccinated as well
ACOG recommends that pregnant individuals be vaccinated against COVID-19
ACOG recommends that lactating individuals be vaccinated against COVID-19
While a conversation with a clinician may be helpful, it is not a requirement prior to vaccination, as this may cause unnecessary barriers to access
Note: For additional information on this topic, see ‘Learn More – Primary Sources’ and ‘Related ObG Topics’, below
CDC: The Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases (Pink Book)
CDC: Pregnancy Guidelines and Recommendations by Vaccine
ACOG Committee Opinion 741: Maternal Immunization
ACOG: Maternal Respiratory Syncytial Virus Vaccination
ACOG: Maternal RSV Vaccination FAQs
Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System
ACOG Practice Advisory: Vaccinating Pregnant and Lactating Patients Against COVID-19
ACOG Practice Advisory: Maternal Immunization
NARRATIVE REVIEW: What US Obstetricians Need to Know About Respiratory Syncytial Virus
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