Vaccination and safe living strategies for solid organ transplant candidates and recipients: Guidelines from the American Society of Transplantation Infectious Diseases Community of Practice

These updated guidelines of the American Society of Transplantation Infectious Diseases Community of Practice review safe living practices, including routine vaccinations and travel vaccinations, general travel advice, as well as nonpharmacologic strategies for safe living. General principles of vaccination as well as the use of specific vaccines in this population are discussed. Vaccination status should be reviewed and updated in the pretransplant setting and when travel is planned. The optimal timing of vaccination posttransplant should be taken into account. There is accumulating data that live-attenuated vaccines can also be given to select posttransplant pediatric and young adult patients.