Vaccinations After Stem Cell Transplant

Vaccinations After Stem Cell Transplant

After your stem cell transplant, you will be offered several vaccines. Vaccines can protect you from diseases, like the flu and lung infections. You probably received some of these vaccines as a child, but they may no longer work after your transplant.

Your doctor will refer you to LVPG Infectious Diseases–1255 Cedar Crest to make sure you get the shots you need during your follow-up care. The shots given at LVPG Infectious Diseases–1255 Cedar Crest are received by both children and adults in the United States. Most people start getting vaccines about six months after their transplant. Once you start getting vaccines, it can take up to two years to get all of them.  

To make sure you’re protected, we may measure your body’s response (protection against an infection) to the vaccines.

Receiving Your Care

At LVPG Infectious Diseases–1255 Cedar Crest, we will:

  • Review your medical history.
  • Send you for lab work to check if you still have protection from vaccines you received as a child.
  • Develop a vaccination program for you.
  • Give you vaccines.

Vaccines

Your doctor will review with you and you will be given information about possible reactions. After you get the initial round of vaccinations, you will have a blood test to make sure they have worked. If needed, you may get additional doses of certain vaccines.

The following routine vaccines are offered through our office or through a prescription to your pharmacy:

  • Coronavirus (COVID-19)
  • Diphtheria/tetanus/pertussis
  • Haemophilus influenzae (HiB)
  • Hepatitis A
  • Hepatitis B
  • Papillomavirus (HPV)
  • Influenza
  • Measles, mumps, rubella (MMR)
  • Meningococcal
  • Pneumococcal
  • Polio
  • Respiratory syncytial virus
  • Varicella virus