BN3 Immunizations

Question 1

What term refers to the measured quantity of a therapeutic agent?

Answer 1

dose

Question 2

What term means resistant to disease?

Answer 2

Immune

Question 3

What term is the process by which resistance to an infectious disease is induced or augmented?

Answer 3

Immunization

Question 4

What term refers to a means of preventing the occurrence of a disease, either by mechanical or chemical means?

Answer 4

Prophylaxis

Question 5

What term describes a suspension of attenuated or killed micoroorganisms that are administered to include active immunity to infectious disease?

Answer 5

Vaccine

Question 6

How many shots are required in the Anthrax series?

Answer 6

5 and an annual booster

Question 7

How many shots in the Hepatitis A series?

Answer 7

2 doses over 6 months

Question 8

How many shots in the Hepatitis B series?

Answer 8

3 administered over a period of 6 months

Question 9

Who is Japanese Encephalitis administered to?

Answer 9

Personnel who will be stationed at least 30 days in areas of rural Asia, its a 3 shot series

Question 10

Who is required to receive the Meningitis/Meningococcal vaccine?

Answer 10

One dose is required in basic training and a booster for personnel traveling for 15 days or more in sub Saharan Africa

Question 11

Who is required to receive the Measles, Mumps, Rubella (MMR) vaccine?

Answer 11

Single booster to recruits and Health care workers require two doses or positive serologic testing

Question 12

who is required to receive the Pneumococcal vaccine?

Answer 12

One dose in basic training for high risk personnel under preventive medicine guidance

Question 13

Who is required to receive the Poliomyelitis (IPV) vaccine?

Answer 13

Single booster dose to recruits in basic training

Question 14

Who is required to receive the Rabies vaccine?

Answer 14

veterinary workers, animal handlers and at risk security and special operations handlers

Question 15

How often is the Tetanus-Diphtheria (Td) vaccine administered?

Answer 15

once every ten years

Question 16

How often is the Tetanus-Diphtheria Acellular Pertussis (Tdap) administered?

Answer 16

once every ten years

Question 17

How often is Twinrix administered?

Answer 17

3 doses to over a period of 6 months to personnel with risk of exposure

Question 18

How often is the typhoid vaccine required?

Answer 18

every 2 years

Question 19

How often is the Varicella vaccine administered?

Answer 19

Two doses are administered to personnel who are susceptible to chickenpox

Question 20

How often is the yellow fever vaccine administered?

Answer 20

one does every ten years

Question 21

How often is the cholera vaccine administered?

Answer 21

as needed by travel requirements

Question 22

How often is Plague vaccine administered?

Answer 22

as needed by travel requirments

Question 23

Who often is Smallpox vaccine administered?

Answer 23

administered only under DOD directive 6205.3 (biological warfare defense)

Question 24

What information should you always verify with a patient prior to vaccine administration?

Answer 24

-allergies to eggs, chickens, feathers, preservatives or antibiotics. -Pregnant or planning -Immunocompromised -vaccinated in last 30 days. -currently taking abx or steriods

Question 25

Who must be present prior the administration of immunizations?

Answer 25

A provider certified in ACLS

Question 26

When administering Immunizations, what must the emergency medical cart be stocked with?

Answer 26

O2 equipment, ACLS meds, defibrillator and cardiac monitoring equipment

Question 27

It is highly desirable to allow a minimum of ____ days between immunizations to permit the establishment of satisfactory immunity without interference

Answer 27

30

Question 28

Who is responsible to ensure all military and nonmilitary personnel receive required immunizations and appropriate records are maintained?

Answer 28

The commanding officer of each command

Question 29

What form is the international certificate of vaccination and is also known as the “yellow shot card”?

Answer 29

PHS 731

Question 30

What is the national program that monitors the safety of vaccines after they are licensed by the Food and Drug Administration?

Answer 30

Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VARES)

Question 31

What is prepared by the CDC that contains relevant vaccine information that all healthcare providers are required to provide to patients prior to receiving vaccines?

Answer 31

Vaccine Information sheet (VIS)