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As organ transplant recipients live longer and healthier lives after transplant, they increasingly partake in foreign travel, for leisure, adventure, work, or to visit friends or relatives. A review of cohorts of transplant recipients shows that they tend to have minimal or suboptimal preparation prior to travel, with limited pre-travel vaccination, medications, and education, and overall poses greatly increased risk of travel-related infections and complications. Enhancing the knowledge of the transplant recipients is likely to result in better safety and outcomes for these vulnerable patients. This chapter covers optimal vaccination prior to travel, use of travel-related medications with information on drug interactions, specific educational topics, and details regarding additional resources.

DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-9034-4_62