Immunizations Flashcards
An immunized individual produces what to the antigens from immunizations?
Antibodies
Which immunity stimulates antibody production w/o causing clinical disease and is given in a form of vaccine?
Active Acquired immunity
Which immunity is induced when an individual needs antibodies faster than the body can develop them, so produced in another human/animal host and then given to child?
Passive acquired immunity
Measles and Varicella (Chicken pox) are what type of virus’s?
Live Virus
Immunizations are used to prevent what?
Infectious disease
The increased # of children protected from vaccine of preventable diseases and the monitoring of immunization status is the goal of what?
Healthy people 20/20
What are the different types of vaccines?
Killed, toxoid, live virus, recombinant forms, conjugate form
What type of vaccine gives a weakened toxic effect but still retains its antigenicity (Tetanus)?
Toxoid vaccine
What type of vaccine is given in a weakened form?
Live virus vaccine
What type of vaccine breaks up virus into small particles and is genetically altered?
Recombinant form vaccine
Hep B and pertussis are 2 examples of what type of vaccines?
Recombinant form
What is essential to teach about local reactions to a vaccine?
Erythema, pain, swelling and induration
What is essential to teach about systemic reactions to a vaccine?
Fever, fussiness//irritability, malaise, loss of appetite, rash arthralgia’s
What is essential to teach about serious reactions to a vaccine?
Infection, allergic reaction, coma
Immunizations introduce what?
Antigens into body for immunity against disease to develop naturally
