BUMEDINST 6230.15 Immunization and Chemoprophylaxis For the Prevention Of Infectious Diseases

Question 1

What is the instruction number for Immunization and Chemoprohylaxis

Answer 1

BUMEDINST 6230.15

Question 2

A “proponent” is someone with the authority to approve exceptions and waivers to a regulation or instruction

Answer 2

The Surgeon General

Question 3

What Chapter of BUMEDINST 2630.15A covers Chemoprophylaxis?

Answer 3

Chapter 5

Question 4

True or False: It is required that a trained physician be present during the administration of vaccines

Answer 4

False

Question 5

individuals administering immunizations need to be properly trained in accordance with what four

Answer 5

Department of Defense service United States Coast Guard and Centers for Disease

Question 6

Immunizing agents will not be used beyond the manufacturer’s potency expiration date unless who

Answer 6

The appropriate Surgeon General or CG-11 USCG

Question 7

Explain why immunizations given at intervals shorter than the recommended interval should not be

Answer 7

Because it may not provide adequate immune response

Question 8

Not more than 5 vaccine injections will be given on the same day. For what reason is this true?

Answer 8

To minimize injections site discomfort

Question 9

Generally speaking at what interval are inactivated vaccines administered

Answer 9

one week apart

Question 10

Generally speaking at what interval are live-virus immunizations administered

Answer 10

4 or more weeks apart

Question 11

when prioritizing immunizations, which micorbes would you consider most likely to be encountered name the 3 microbes

Answer 11

Typhoid , Hep A, and Influenza

Question 12

When prioritizing imms which microbes would you say had the greatest severity if encountered ( name 6 microbes)

Answer 12

Anthrax, smallpox, meningococcal, yellow fever, JEV, and rabies

Question 13

When prioritizing imms which microbes would you consider to be a long standing risk if encountered. name 5 microbes.

Answer 13

Hep B, Tetanus-Diphtheria- pertussis, poliovirus, varicella, measles-mumps, rubella

Question 14

For some vaccine-preventable diseases, which test can be used to show that a person is already immune from a previous infection or imm which may eliminate administering unnecessary immunization

Answer 14

Serologic Test

Question 15

Immunizing and chemoprophylaxis agens are stored, shipped, and handled in accordance with the

Answer 15

Pharmaceutical Manufacturers instructions

Question 16

pregnant women smallpox vaccines require a specific pre-immunization screening that assesses the date of the last menstrual period. Women are recommended to take a pregnancy test if their last menstrual period is beyond how many days?

Answer 16

28 days

Question 17

What immunizations is required for all Marine Corps personnel and for all Navy personnel assigned to Marine operating forces?

Answer 17

Yellow Fever Immunization

Question 18

Health record - immunization record

Answer 18

SF 601

Question 19

what is the name of the SF 601

Answer 19

Health record - immunization record

Question 20

which health record do you record hypersensitivity to vaccines, or vaccine components?

Answer 20

SF 600 Health record chronological record of Medical care

Question 21

Anthrax is administered in what intervals

Answer 21

0,2, week 4, 6 month, 12 month, and 18 months

Question 22

Rabies

Answer 22

5 doses, 0,3,7, 14, 28 days

Question 23

Tetanus shots are given

Answer 23

every 10 years

Question 24

For Navy, administer to all personnel assigned to Marine Operating Forces and those assigned to Navy units subject to deployment within 10 days of notification into land areas where yellow fever is endemic.

Answer 24

Other personnel. administer yellow fever vaccine to personnel traveling to or transiting through yellow fever endmic areas.

Question 25

Adults and adolescents require 2 doses of varicella vaccine given 4 to 8 weeks apart

Answer 25

Basic trainees and other accessions. Administer varicella vaccine to susceptible trainees and other accessions within the first 2 weeks of training

Question 26

Other susceptible adults offer varicella vaccine to other susceptible persons especially nonpregnant women of childbearing age and men living in households with young children

Answer 26

Military indication. to prevent typhoid fever, a systemic bacterial disease acquired by consuming food or water contaminated with salmonella typhi during deployment or travel to typhoid-endemic areas and other areas with poor sanitation.

Question 27

If multiple injections are given separate by at least 1 inch.

Answer 27

Temperature logs for vaccines are kept for at least 3 years

Question 28

Small pox vaccine is withheld from breastfeeding women except in an outbreak.

Answer 28

Report cases that are adverse to Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting system (VAERS)