Preventing infection is part of caring for people with cardiovascular, kidney, and metabolic conditions. An illness such as pneumonia, influenza, or RSV can be especially difficult for someone already managing heart disease, diabetes, or kidney disease. Vaccination offers an opportunity to reduce the risk of serious illness while addressing a patient’s other CKM needs.
This section begins with pneumococcal vaccination and will also cover RSV, influenza, COVID-19, shingles, and hepatitis B. These vaccines have different recommendations based on age, health conditions, immune status, and vaccination history. Care teams can use routine CKM visits to review what patients have received, recommend vaccines for which they are eligible, and help them complete any needed doses.
Pneumococcal vaccination is an important part of preventive care for many adults with cardiovascular, kidney, and metabolic conditions. Use CKM visits to review vaccination history, identify patients who are due, and make a plan to administer the vaccine or connect the patient with a vaccination site.
For adults who have not previously received a pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, current options include PCV20 or PCV21 alone, or PCV15 followed by PPSV23, generally one year later. Patients with a prior pneumococcal vaccination history may need a different schedule. Use CDC’s patient-specific tool rather than assuming an additional dose is needed.
