By ensuring that both patients and family members are up to date on vaccinations, providers can help produce a protective cocoon around immunocompromised adults.
Immunizing before a patient has been immunosuppressed is the best approach. For patients who are already immunocompromised, risks can be minimized by avoiding or delaying certain vaccines, according to experts.
“Individuals can have an immunocompromised state either by virtue of the disease that is affecting them,