Can TIV and herpes zoster administered together?

Answer 1

Yes. Here are the general rules: (1) all vaccines used for routine vaccination in the United States can be given on the same day; (2) an inactivated vaccine can be administered either on the same day as or at any time before or after another inactivated or a live vaccine; and (3) any 2 LIVE vaccines that are not given on the same day must be spaced at least 4 weeks apart. Zostavax is a live, attenuated vaccine; injectable trivalent influenza vaccine (TIV) and pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (PPSV) are inactivated vaccines. Therefore, these 3 vaccines can be given on the same day or at any time before or after each other. They cannot, however, be given in the same syringe.