Methods for developing evidence-based recommendations by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

► The ACIP has adopted a new framework for developing evidence-based recommendations. ► Category A recommendations will be for all persons in an age- or risk-based group. ► Category B recommendations will be for individual clinical decision making. ► Evidence tables will be used to summarize the body of evidence.