Interim Polio Vaccine Information Materials; New Vaccine Information Materials for Hepatitis B, Haemophilus Influenzae Type b (Hib), and Varicella (Chickenpox) Vaccines, and Revised Vaccine Information Materials for Measles, Mumps, Rubella (MMR) Vaccines; Notices

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 65 (Tuesday, April 6, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16741-16742]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-8410]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Interim Polio Vaccine Information Materials; New Vaccine 
Information Materials for Hepatitis B, Haemophilus Influenzae Type b 
(Hib), and Varicella (Chickenpox) Vaccines, and Revised Vaccine 
Information Materials for Measles, Mumps, Rubella (MMR) Vaccines; 
Notices

Correction

    Notices published in the Federal Register on February 23, 1999 [64 
FR 9040] beginning on page 9041 make the following corrections:
Polio
    On page 9041, 2nd column, under #2: The sentence ``Both vaccines 
work well.'' should be moved to appear after ``Oral Polio Vaccine Drops 
by Mouth'' It should read:

IPV
Inactivated Polio Vaccine
A shot
OPV
Oral Polio Vaccine
Drops by mouth
Both vaccines work well.

    Page 9041, 3rd column, under #4, last paragraph, 3rd line from end: 
replace ``helps to protect'' with ``protects''.
    Page 9041, 3rd column, heading for #5: should read ``Some Children 
Should Get Only Shots and Some Should Get Only Drops'' (no period in 
the middle).

Page 9044, List of Telephone Numbers
Massachusetts: should be (617) 983-6800
Nevada: should be (775) 684-5900
New Hampshire: should be (603) 271-4482
New Jersey: should be (609) 588-7512
Washington state: should be (360) 664-8688
Hepatitis B
    Page 9045, 1st column, under #5 near bottom: ``Mild P.problems'' 
should be ``Mild Problems''
Haemophilus Influenzae Type B
    Page 9045, 3rd column, under #1, under bullet Death: ``and nearly 
1,000

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died.'' should read ``and nearly 1,000 people died.''
    On page 9046, 1st column, heading for #5: Should read ``What if 
there is a moderate or severe reaction?'' (not problem)
    All other information and requirements of the notice remain the 
same.
    Dated: March 31, 1999.
Joseph R. Carter,
Acting Associate Director for Management and Operations, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 99-8410 Filed 4-5-99; 8:45 am]
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