How much time needs to elapse after treatment with steroids before it is considered safe to vaccinate an individual?
If the dose of steroids has been given long enough to cause significant immune suppression, “Vaccination providers should wait = 1 month after discontinuation of therapy before administering a live-virus vaccine to patients who have received high systematically absorbed doses of corticosteroids for = 2 weeks” (per the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices general recommendations on immunization). http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/m2d226.
If the dose of steroids has been given long enough to cause significant immune suppression, “Vaccination providers should wait = 1 month after discontinuation of therapy before administering a live-virus vaccine to patients who have received high systematically absorbed doses of corticosteroids for = 2 weeks” (per the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices general recommendations on immunization).
