BUMEDINST 6230.15 Immunization and Chemoprophylaxis For the Prevention Of Infectious Diseases Flashcards
What is the instruction number for Immunization and Chemoprohylaxis
BUMEDINST 6230.15
A “proponent” is someone with the authority to approve exceptions and waivers to a regulation or instruction
The Surgeon General
What Chapter of BUMEDINST 2630.15A covers Chemoprophylaxis?
Chapter 5
True or False: It is required that a trained physician be present during the administration of vaccines
False
individuals administering immunizations need to be properly trained in accordance with what four
Department of Defense service United States Coast Guard and Centers for Disease
Immunizing agents will not be used beyond the manufacturer’s potency expiration date unless who
The appropriate Surgeon General or CG-11 USCG
Explain why immunizations given at intervals shorter than the recommended interval should not be
Because it may not provide adequate immune response
Not more than 5 vaccine injections will be given on the same day. For what reason is this true?
To minimize injections site discomfort
Generally speaking at what interval are inactivated vaccines administered
one week apart
Generally speaking at what interval are live-virus immunizations administered
4 or more weeks apart
when prioritizing immunizations, which micorbes would you consider most likely to be encountered name the 3 microbes
Typhoid , Hep A, and Influenza
When prioritizing imms which microbes would you say had the greatest severity if encountered ( name 6 microbes)
Anthrax, smallpox, meningococcal, yellow fever, JEV, and rabies
When prioritizing imms which microbes would you consider to be a long standing risk if encountered. name 5 microbes.
Hep B, Tetanus-Diphtheria- pertussis, poliovirus, varicella, measles-mumps, rubella
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
Serologic Test
Immunizing and chemoprophylaxis agens are stored, shipped, and handled in accordance with the
Pharmaceutical Manufacturers instructions
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?
28 days
What immunizations is required for all Marine Corps personnel and for all Navy personnel assigned to Marine operating forces?
Yellow Fever Immunization
Health record - immunization record
SF 601
what is the name of the SF 601
Health record - immunization record
which health record do you record hypersensitivity to vaccines, or vaccine components?
SF 600 Health record chronological record of Medical care
Anthrax is administered in what intervals
0,2, week 4, 6 month, 12 month, and 18 months
Rabies
5 doses, 0,3,7, 14, 28 days
Tetanus shots are given
every 10 years
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.
Other personnel. administer yellow fever vaccine to personnel traveling to or transiting through yellow fever endmic areas.
Adults and adolescents require 2 doses of varicella vaccine given 4 to 8 weeks apart
Basic trainees and other accessions. Administer varicella vaccine to susceptible trainees and other accessions within the first 2 weeks of training
Other susceptible adults offer varicella vaccine to other susceptible persons especially nonpregnant women of childbearing age and men living in households with young children
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.
If multiple injections are given separate by at least 1 inch.
Temperature logs for vaccines are kept for at least 3 years
Small pox vaccine is withheld from breastfeeding women except in an outbreak.
Report cases that are adverse to Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting system (VAERS)
