Vaccine Names
Unfortunately, there is no standardized set of terms for childhood vaccines used by all providers when recording immunizations on immunization records. As new vaccines and combination vaccines are used, the number of names found on records multiplies, especially when vaccine brand names are used. The following is a list of terms you may encounter on immunization records.
| VACCINATION | Preferred Term | Alternative Terms |
| DTP (diptheria, tetanus, and pertussis) No longer distributed | DTP | Tri-Immunol
DtwP DTPw |
| DTaP (diphtheria, tetanus, and acellular pertussis) | DTaP | Tripedia DTPa Acel-Imune Infanrix |
| HIB (Haemophilus Influenzae type b) | Hib | ProHIBIT HbCV HibTITER OmniHIB H flu ActHIB HbOC PRP-T PedvaxHIB PRP-OMP PRP-D |
| Hib-hepatitis B Combination | COMVAX | COMVAX |
| DTP-Hib Combination | DTaP-Hib | TriHIBIT ActHIB-Tripedia Tripedia-ActHIB |
| MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) | MMR | MMR |
| Polio | OPV/IPV | Orimune polio IPOL polio Sabin Salk |
| Hepatitis B | Hep B | Engerix HBV Engerix-B Recombivax Recombivax HB |
| Hepatitis B-Hib Combination | Hep B-Hib | COMVAX HBV/Hib Hib/Hep |
| Varicella (chicken pox) | VAR | VZV Varivax |
| Hepatitis A | Hep A | Havrix VAQTA HAV |
| Rotavirus (No longer in distribution) | RV | RRV-TV Rotashield |
| Pentavalent Vaccine (Canada) | Combination DTP/IPV/Hib | |
| Pentavalent or Quintuple Vaccine (Mexico) | Combination DTP/Hib/Hep B | |
| Quadruple Vaccine (Mexico) | Combination DTP/Hib | |
| Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (for tuberculosis) | BCG | |
| Hepatitis B Immune Globulin | HBIG | |
| Influenza | Flu | Fluvin Fluogen Flushield Fluzone |
| Measles vaccine only (M) commonly seen on Mexico imm. | This is not MMR | Attenuvax measles sarampion |
| Pneumococcal Polysacchride Vaccine 23 | PPV23 | Valent Pneumovax Pnu-Immune |
| Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine 7 | PCV7 | Valent Prevnar |
| Purified Protein Derivative (TB skin test) | PPD | |
| Immune Globulin | IG | |
| Gamma Globulin | GG |
**Adapted from information from the California
Department of Health and Maricopa County Department of Public
Health