Immunizations Flashcards
Live vaccines and Ig products
Delay (3-11 months) based on product
Redose vaccine if Ig given w/in 14 days of vaccination
Contraindications: Rotavirus
SCID, h/o intussusception
Contraindications: Pertussis
Severe encephalopathy w/in 7d of previous dose
Contraindications: IPV
Severe allergic reaction to streptomycin, polymyxin B, neomycin
Contraindications: Hep A
Hypersensitivity to alum of phenoxyethanol
Contraindications: live vaccines
Pregnancy, immuno-C*
Contraindications: Varicella
Gelatin/neomycin reaction, intercurrent illness
Post-exposure prophylaxis: Hep B+ mother
Hep B Ig and HBV w/in 12 hours of birth (different sites). HBV at 2 and 8 months. Test at 15 months
Post-exposure prophylaxis: Hep B unknown
HBV w/in 12 hours of birth. Test mom!
Indication for Tetanus Ig
Contaminated wound with incomplete or unknown immunization status
Post-wound tetanus prophylaxis
Dirty wound > 5 years
Clean wound > 10 years
Diptheria formulations
Little ādā - lower immunogenicity, less local rxn
Diptheria vaccine by age
< 7 yo = DTaP
8-11 yo = Td
> 11 yo = Tdap
Pertussis efficacy
70-85% (acellular)
Pertussis: adverse effects
Local irritation, inconsolable crying, seizures (usually febrile), hypotonic episodes, limb swelling