Tdap Data

Immunization, Infectious Disease, and Public Health Preparedness Expert Work Group (ACOG Committee Opinion, June 2018):

"Immunization is an essential part of care for adults, including women....Obstetrician-gynecologists and other obstetric care providers should routinely assess their pregnant patient's vaccination status. Based on this assessment they should recommend and when possible, administer needed vaccines to their pregnant patients. 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....All pregnant women should receive a tetanus toxoid, reduced diphteria toxoid, and acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccine during each pregnancy, as early in the 27-36 weeks-of-gestation window as possible."

"Studies consistently demonstrate that when the recommendation of the availability of vaccination during pregnancy comes directly from a woman's obstetrician or other obstetric care provider, the odds of vaccine acceptance and receipt are 5-fold to 50-fold higher (4-8)."

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Location of Prenatal Tdap- MIHA 2016
Among women who received prenatal Tdap:
-85% were vaccinated at the same clinic where they received prenatal care
-7% were vaccinated at a pharmacy/supermarket
-5% were vaccinated at a different doctor's office
-3% unknown location

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