Information for Healthcare Professionals
Dosing and Administration
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (CDC/ACIP) and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), “Children aged <9 years who are receiving influenza vaccine for the first time or who were vaccinated for the first time last season, but only received 1 dose, should have 2 doses of vaccine, at least 4 weeks apart.”8
Do not administer FluMist® to children <24 months of age due to an increased risk of hospitalization and wheezing that was observed in clinical trials.
Administration Guidelines for FluMist
Watch this video to learn how FluMist works in the body, how to store FluMist in your office,
and how to administer it to your eligible patients. The 6 steps for administration are also listed
in the diagram below.
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Each sprayer contains a single dose of FluMist; approximately one-half the contents should be
administered into each nostril. Refer to the administration diagram (Figure 1) for step-by-step
administration instructions. Once FluMist has been administered, the sprayer should be disposed of
according to the standard procedures for medical waste (e.g., sharps container or biohazard
container).