Immunisation

Question 1

What vaccines are given at 2 months and how?

Answer 1

3 injections

• 6-in-one (DTaP/IPV/Hib/HepB)
• Pneumococcal vaccine (PCV)
• Meningitis B (MenB)

1 oral fluid
- rotavirus

Question 2

What does the 6-in-one vaccine cover?

Answer 2

Diptheria
Tetanus
Pertussis
Polio
Heamophilus influenzae type B
Hepatitis B

Question 3

What vaccines are given at 3 months?

Answer 3

1 injection
- 6-in-one (DTaP/IPV/Hib/HepB)

1 oral fluid
- rotavirus

Question 4

What vaccines are given at 4 months?

Answer 4

3 injections

• 6-in-one (DTaP/IPV/Hib/HepB)
• Pneumococcal vaccine (PCV)
• Meningitis B (MenB)

(same as injections given at 2 months)

Question 5

What vaccines are given at 1 year?

Answer 5

4 injections

• Pneumococcal vaccine (PCV)
• Meningitis B (MenB)
• Haemophilus influenzae type B and meningococcal type C (HiB/MenC)
• MMR

Question 6

What does the MMR vaccine cover?

Answer 6

Measles, mumps and rubella

Question 7

What vaccines are given at 3 years and 4 months?

Answer 7

2 injections

• MMR
• DTaP/IPV

Question 8

What does the DTaP/IPV vaccine cover?

Answer 8

Diptheria
Tetanus
Pertussis
Polio

(same as 6 in one without haemophilus influenzae type B and hepatitis B)

Question 9

What vaccines are given at 14 years?

Answer 9

2 injections

• Td/IPV
• MenACWY

Question 10

What does he Td/IPV vaccine cover?

Answer 10

Diphtheria
Tetanus
Polio

(same as DTaP/IPV but without pertussis)

Question 11

What vaccine is given annually to which age groups?

Answer 11

Annual influenza vaccine given to 2-11 year olds

Question 12

Who gets the HPV vaccine and how is it delivered?

Answer 12

Girls between 11 and 13

2 injections 6 months apart

Question 13

Which strains of HPV cause cervical cancer?

Answer 13

HPV-16

HPV-18

Question 14

When is the 6 in one vaccine given?

Answer 14

2 months
3 months
4 months

Question 15

When is the pneumococcal vaccine given?

Answer 15

2 months
4 months
1 year

Question 16

When is the rotavirus vaccine given?

Answer 16

2 months

3 months

Question 17

When is MenB vaccine given?

Answer 17

2 months
4 months
1 year

Question 18

When is Hib/MenC vaccine given?

Answer 18

1 year

Question 19

When is MMR given?

Answer 19

1 year

3 years 4 months

Question 20

When is DTaP/IPV vaccine given?

Answer 20

3 years 4 months

Question 21

When is HPV vaccine given?

Answer 21

To girls between 11 and 13

2 injections 6 months apart

Question 22

When is Td/IPV vaccine given?

Answer 22

14 years

Question 23

When is MenACWY given?

Answer 23

14 years

Question 24

What vaccine is delivered as oral fluid?

Answer 24

Rotavirus

Question 25

How do you deal with a parent unwilling to give MMR vaccine to their child?

Answer 25

1. Listen to their fears and don’t judge them
2. Explain that autism fear stems from 1998 study by Andrew Wakefield
3. Explain this study was conducted very poorly and has been widely discredited, Andrew Wakefield is now no longer allowed practice medicine in the UK
4. Explain measles, mumps and rubella are highly contagious and potentially fatal diseases
5. Explain that taking this vaccine will prevent your child developing these potentially fatal diseases