Immunisation

Question 1

Immunisation schedule

Answer 1

birth - BCG and OPV
6w - OPV, RV, Hexaxim, PCV13
10w - Hexaxim
14w - RV, Hexaxim, PCV13

6m - Measles
9m - PCV13
12m - Measles
18m - Hexaxim

6y - Td
9y - HPV
12y - Td
18y - Private schedule/catch up

Hexaxim = (DTaP-IPV/HIb/HepB)

Question 2

BCG vaccine

Answer 2

live attenuated vaccine - M bovis

Question 3

Poliomyelitis vaccine

Answer 3

live attenuated oral polio vaccine poliovirus 1,3

inactivated polio vaccine - poliovirus 1,2,3

Question 4

Rotavirus vaccine

Answer 4

live attenuated vaccine

NOT given after 6 months

Question 5

Diphtheria

Answer 5

Toxoid vaccine part DTaP

Question 6

Tetanus

Answer 6

Toxoid vaccine part DTaP

Question 7

Pertussis

Answer 7

Whole cell vaccines wP

Acellular vaccines aP

Question 8

Haemophilus influenzae

Answer 8

Haemophilus Influenzae type B vaccine - polysaccharide vaccine

Question 9

Hepatitis B

Answer 9

Polysaccharide vaccine

Question 10

Streptoccocus pneumoniae

Answer 10

pneumococcal vaccine - Prevenar and Synflorix

conjugate vaccines

Question 11

Measles

Answer 11

live attenuated vaccine

Question 12

Absolute contraindications

Answer 12

anaphylactic type reaction
allergy to chickens, eggs, egg protein - Influenzae vaccine
immunocompromised - no life attenuated vaccines

Question 13

Vaccines that are contraindicated in immunocompromised

Answer 13

MMR 
Yellow fever 
BCG
Influenzae 
Chicken pox 
Endemic typhus
Polio oral and Rota oral 
Typhoid