Vaccinations

Contact your family doctor or, if necessary, another vaccination centre, such as a pharmacy. They will provide information about the vaccination and vaccinate you.

Vaccinations at certain stages of life:

• Vaccinations for infants, children and adolescents: The vaccinations recommended for infants, children and adolescents by the Standing Committee on Vaccination (STIKO) can be found in their recommendations, which are published once a year. The immunisation calendar for infants, children and adolescents is part of these recommendations and provides a quick overview of the recommended vaccinations.
• Vaccinations for employees: The company doctor will provide information on vaccinations due to an increased occupational risk, for example following a risk assessment in accordance with the Occupational Health and Safety Act / Biological Substances Ordinance / Ordinance on Occupational Health Care (ArbMedVV) and / or for the protection of third parties in the context of occupational activity.
• Vaccinations during pregnancy: Pregnancy is not a contraindication for inactivated vaccines such as influenza, tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis, hepatitis A and B. Vaccination against influenza and whooping cough is strongly recommended for pregnant women. Vaccinations with a live vaccine, such as against rubella, measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) or varicella, are generally not to be carried out during pregnancy.

Vaccinations that have been carried out are entered in a yellow vaccination card. You can obtain the immunisation record from your family doctor.

If you have lost your immunisation record, you can obtain a new one from your GP. Only the doctor who vaccinated you at the time may enter previous vaccinations in your vaccination record.
Note: Vaccinations are also documented in your patient file. Patient records are kept for at least 10 years.

Any doctor, pharmacist or public health department may make additions to your vaccination record, i.e. transfer information, for example from an old vaccination record or from a vaccination certificate that was issued as a replacement.