Immunisation schedule

Question 1

birth to 7 days

Answer 1

hep B injection

Question 2

6 weeks

Answer 2

diptheria/tetanus/whooping cough/polio/Hep B/HIB (1 injection)
pneumococcal
rotavirus (drops in mouth)

Question 3

aboriginal children at 6 weeks

Answer 3

+ meningococcal ACWY

Question 4

aboriginal children and/or children with a medical risk condition at 6 weeks

Answer 4

+ meningococcal B

Question 5

4 months

Answer 5

(same as 6 weeks)
diptheria/tetanus/whooping cough/polio/Hep B/HIB (1 injection)
pneumococcal
rotavirus (drops in mouth)

Question 6

aboriginal children at 4 months

Answer 6

(same as 6 weeks)
+ meningococcal ACWY

Question 7

aboriginal children and/or children with a medical risk condition at 4 months

Answer 7

(same as 6 weeks)
+ meningococcal B

Question 8

6 months

Answer 8

diptheria/tetanus/whooping cough/polio/Hep B/HIB (1 injection)

Question 9

aboriginal children and/or children with an at risk condition at 6 months

Answer 9

+ pneumonoccal

Question 10

children with an at risk condition at 6 months

Answer 10

+ meningococcal B and meningococcal ACWY

Question 11

12 months

Answer 11

MMR
pneumococcal
meningococcal ACWY

Question 12

aboriginal children and/or children with medical risk condition at 12 month

Answer 12

meningococcal B

Question 13

children with a medical risk condition at 12 months

Answer 13

Hep B

Question 14

18 months

Answer 14

diptheria, tetanus, whooping cough. (1 injection)
HIB
MMR

Question 15

aboriginal children at 18 monthss

Answer 15

Hep A

Question 16

<2 years

Answer 16

Meningococcal B

Question 17

4 years

Answer 17

diptheria, tetanus, whooping cough, polio

Question 18

aboriginal children at 4 years

Answer 18

hep A
pneumococcal

Question 18

children with a medical risk condition at 4 years

Answer 18

pneumoccoccal

Question 19

year 7

Answer 19

HPV
diptheria, tetanus, pertusis

Question 20

year 10

Answer 20

Meningococcal ACWY

Question 21

70-79 years

Answer 21

shingles

Question 22

pregnant women

Answer 22

pertusis (ideally 20-32 weeks)
influenza

Question 23

rubella in australia

Answer 23

australia was declared free from person to person transmission of rubella in 2018

Question 24

can you have the MMR during pregnancy

Answer 24

pregnancy is a contra-indication to live vaccination but it is safe in breastfeeding

Question 25

who mightve missed out on the MMR

Answer 25

free for all adultss born since 1966 who are unsure of their vaccination stutus

Question 26

dTpa

Answer 26

diptheria, tetanus, pertusis should be had 20-32 weeks gestation - provides some protection for the newborn

Question 27

how to vaccinate against pertusis

Answer 27

dTPa, one dose

Question 28

how to vaccinate against tetanus

Answer 28

dTPa, followed by two doses of dT

Question 29

how to vaccinate against hep B

Answer 29

3 adult doses at 0, 1 month and 4-6 months

Question 30

how to vaccinate against polio

Answer 30

3 doses at least 4 weeks apart the first dose can be given as a quadrivalent dTpa-IPV in aus, risk of contracting polio from the oral polio vaccine is higher than the risk of polio.

Question 31

how to vaccinate against HPV

Answer 31

single dose

Question 32

how to vaccinate against varicella

Answer 32

2 doses at least 4 weeks apart

Question 33

how to vaccinate against MenACWY

Answer 33

one dose

Question 34

how to vaccinate against MenB

Answer 34

2 doses at least 8 weeks apart only funded for aboriginal and torres strait islander infants and special risk groups, including aspen, complemenent deficiency, treatment with eculizumab

Question 35

bat lyssavirus

Answer 35

clincially indistinguishable from rabies transmitted by saliva of infected bats all bat bites in australia should be treated as potential exposure

Question 36

who is at risk of hep B infection

Answer 36

aboriginal and torres strait islanders people about to commence immunosupressive therapy people with chronic liver disease people with developmental disabilities who attend day care centres and people who work in those centres health and allied health proffessionals police and armed forces, emergency services staff, prison staff and inmates embalmers and funeral workers tattoo artists and body peircers sex workers men who have sex with men travellers to hep B endemic areas (asia, africa, eastern and central europe, the middle east, pacific islands, northern canada, central and south america) people who live with hep B carriers IVDU

Question 37

shingrix is available for

Answer 37

people aged 65 or older first nations people aged 50 or older immunocompromised people over 18

Question 38

condiitions that require precautions when taking covid19 vaccines

Answer 38

recent (within the past 3 months) myocarditis or pericarditis acute rheumatic fever or acute rheumatic heart disease acute decompensated heart failure

Question 39

which vaccines are contra indicated in the immunocompromised

Answer 39

MMR, Varcicella, Oral typhoid, yellow fever, BCG, rotavirus, japanese encephalitis