Immunizations Flashcards
How do you give kids the flu vaccine if they are first time recipients and between 6 months to 8 years of age?
Is Fluad recommended for kids or older adults?
How do you space live and attenuated vaccines?
2 doses, 4 weeks apart.
Older adults. >65 years of age.
28 days apart. Unless given on the same day.
How do you dose pneumococcal vaccination in patients >65?
Do you need to give immunoglobulin when you give a rabies vaccination?
What does the a in DTaP stand for?
Require Prevnar 13 if not previously given, followed by Pneumovax 23 at least 1 year later. If Pneumovax 23 was received first, wait at least 1 year to give Prevnar 13.
YES. With the 1st dose.
Acellular, meaning it contains only a part of the pertussis organism.
What are the hepatitis A vaccines?
Does the oral cholera vaccine have to be stored in the refrigerator?
What is Hibarix?
Vaqta and Havrix
NO! It has to be stored in the FREEZER.
H.influenzae type B vaccine.
What is Boostrix?
Which flu vaccine is used in egg allergy?
How many doses of DTaP do children get?
TDaP
FluBlok
5
When to use Tdap vs Td?
What vaccines should spleenectomy patients receive?
Is Typhim Vi live or inactivated?
Tdap is for people who haven’t had Tdap before or can’t remember. Td is for people who have had a dose of Tdap.
Menactra or Menveo. Meningococcal and HiB vaccines.
Inactivated.
Does the CDC recommend using Acetaminophen before or during vaccination?
NO. But you can use it after.
