Parent are Not Being Given Informed Consent
Federally
Mandated Vaccine Information Sheets (VISs) are only properly given 28% of the
time.
The Law
From CDC Website: http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/Pubs/vis/default.htm
“Vaccine Information Statements (VISs) are information
sheets produced by the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that explain
to vaccine recipients, their parents, or their legal representatives both
the benefits and risks of a vaccine. Federal Law requires that
VISs be handed out whenever (before each dose) certain vaccinations are given.”
In an April 2009, a Random Generation Rescue Poll of Parents
of Children with Autism, 1519 people to date, (conducted using Constant
Contact) 41.4% were never given Vaccine Information Statements for any vaccines and another 27.9% were not given Vaccine Information
Statements for at least some vaccines and only 30.2% said they were
given vaccines information sheets for all vaccines. This poll is ongoing
and can be viewed at the link below
Continuing Parent Survey: http://tinyurl.com/vaccineinformationstatement
Parents are also not being given time to read the
Vaccine Information Sheets
Of the parents who received the VIS, most parents state
they were not given time to read the vaccine information statements prior to
vaccination. This is also a violation of Federal Law.
Link CDC Website: http://www.immunize.org/catg.d/p2027.pdf (full document below)
“Some of the legal requirements concerning the use
of VIS are as follows:
- Before an NCVIA-covered vaccine [all routine vaccines] is
administered to anyone (this includes adults!) you must give the patient or
the parent/legal representatives a copy of the most current VIS available for that vaccine. Make sure you give your patient time to read the VIS
prior to the administration of the vaccine.
- You must record in your patient’s chart the date the VIS was given.
- You must also record on the patient’s chart the
publication date of the VIS, which appears on the bottom of the VIS.”
http://www.immunize.org/catg.d/p2027.pdf
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