Updated Framework for Development of Evidence-Based Recommendations by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices

• Published in: MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report 2018-11, Vol.67 (45), p.1271-1272
• Main Authors: Lee, Grace, Carr, Wendy
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Advisory Committees - organization & administration; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S; Evidence-Based Medicine; Full Report; Humans; Immunization - standards; United States; Vaccines - administration & dosage
• ISSN: 0149-2195; 1545-861X
• DOI: 10.15585/mmwr.mm6745a4

The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)* is a federal advisory committee that provides expert advice to the Director of CDC and the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in the form of recommendations on the use of vaccines and related agents for control of vaccine-preventable diseases in the U.S. civilian population (1,2). Work groups that gather, analyze, and prepare scientific information assist in the recommendation formulation process and present options for recommendations based on the scientific evidence they have assessed. Recommendations that are approved by a majority of ACIP's voting members are then reviewed by the Director of CDC and published in MMWR if approved by the director. This report briefly summarizes an update to the ACIP process for developing evidence-based recommendations that ACIP adopted at its February 2018 meeting.