Immunisation schedule Flashcards
birth to 7 days
hep B injection
6 weeks
diptheria/tetanus/whooping cough/polio/Hep B/HIB (1 injection)
pneumococcal
rotavirus (drops in mouth)
aboriginal children at 6 weeks
+ meningococcal ACWY
aboriginal children and/or children with a medical risk condition at 6 weeks
+ meningococcal B
4 months
(same as 6 weeks)
diptheria/tetanus/whooping cough/polio/Hep B/HIB (1 injection)
pneumococcal
rotavirus (drops in mouth)
aboriginal children at 4 months
(same as 6 weeks)
+ meningococcal ACWY
aboriginal children and/or children with a medical risk condition at 4 months
(same as 6 weeks)
+ meningococcal B
6 months
diptheria/tetanus/whooping cough/polio/Hep B/HIB (1 injection)
aboriginal children and/or children with an at risk condition at 6 months
+ pneumonoccal
children with an at risk condition at 6 months
+ meningococcal B and meningococcal ACWY
12 months
MMR
pneumococcal
meningococcal ACWY
aboriginal children and/or children with medical risk condition at 12 month
meningococcal B
children with a medical risk condition at 12 months
Hep B
18 months
diptheria, tetanus, whooping cough. (1 injection)
HIB
MMR
aboriginal children at 18 monthss
Hep A
<2 years
Meningococcal B
4 years
diptheria, tetanus, whooping cough, polio
aboriginal children at 4 years
hep A
pneumococcal
children with a medical risk condition at 4 years
pneumoccoccal
year 7
HPV
diptheria, tetanus, pertusis
year 10
Meningococcal ACWY
70-79 years
shingles
pregnant women
pertusis (ideally 20-32 weeks)
influenza
rubella in australia
australia was declared free from person to person transmission of rubella in 2018
can you have the MMR during pregnancy
pregnancy is a contra-indication to live vaccination
but it is safe in breastfeeding
who mightve missed out on the MMR
free for all adultss born since 1966 who are unsure of their vaccination stutus
dTpa
diptheria, tetanus, pertusis
should be had 20-32 weeks gestation - provides some protection for the newborn
how to vaccinate against pertusis
dTPa, one dose
how to vaccinate against tetanus
dTPa, followed by two doses of dT
how to vaccinate against hep B
3 adult doses at 0, 1 month and 4-6 months
how to vaccinate against polio
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.
how to vaccinate against HPV
single dose
how to vaccinate against varicella
2 doses at least 4 weeks apart
how to vaccinate against MenACWY
one dose
how to vaccinate against MenB
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
bat lyssavirus
clincially indistinguishable from rabies transmitted by saliva of infected bats
all bat bites in australia should be treated as potential exposure
who is at risk of hep B infection
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
shingrix is available for
people aged 65 or older
first nations people aged 50 or older
immunocompromised people over 18
condiitions that require precautions when taking covid19 vaccines
recent (within the past 3 months) myocarditis or pericarditis
acute rheumatic fever or acute rheumatic heart disease
acute decompensated heart failure
which vaccines are contra indicated in the immunocompromised
MMR, Varcicella, Oral typhoid, yellow fever, BCG, rotavirus, japanese encephalitis
