IMMUNIZATION (6)

Question 1

(reconstituting freeze-dried BCG vaccine)

using what syringe fitted with a long needle, how many saline solution will you aspirate?

Answer 1

• 5ml syringe
• 2ml saline solution

Question 2

(giving bcg vaccine)

how would you know you have injected the vaccine correctly into the skin?

Answer 2

• a flat wheal with the surface pitted like an orange peel will appear

Question 3

(reconstituting freeze-dried measles vaccine)

using what syringe with a long needle, how many saline solution will you aspirate?

Answer 3

• 10ml syringe
• 5ml saline solution

Question 4

EPI recording and reporting are accomplished using what?

Answer 4

Field Health Service Information System (FHSIS)

Question 5

those who were given BCG, three doses of OPV, three doses of DPT & HepB, 4 doses of pentavalent vaccine & 1 dose of anti-measles vaccine before reaching one year of age.

Answer 5

Fully Immunized Children (FIC)

Question 6

refers to children who completed their immunization schedule at the age of 12-13mos

Answer 6

Completely Immunized child

Question 7

a term used to describe a child whose mother received :

1. 2 doses of TT during pregnancy, 2nd dose given at least a month prior to delivery
2. 3 doses of TT anytime prior to pregnancy w/ child

Answer 7

A child protected at birth (CPAB)