Immunizations Lecture flu/covid

Question 1

If we stop vaccinating our ship will sink

Question 2

People can die from the flu…adults or pediatrics to be specific

Question 3

6 months to 4 yrs is when many children are receiving there whole routine vaccination schedule

Question 4

Vaccines mostly at doctor’s office

Question 5

Is it safe to vaccinate for COVID-19 and influenza at the same time?

Answer 5

YES!

Question 6

Data continues to show the importance of vaccination to protect against severe outcome of covid-19 and flu including hospitalization and death. In 2023 more than 916,000 people were hospitalized due to COVID-19 and people died from covid as well. 2023-2024 people died from flu complications

Question 7

CDC does recommend anyone 6 months and older receive an updated COVID 2024-2025 vaccine to protect against the potentially serious outcomes of COVID this fall and winter whether or not they have been previously vaccinated COVID-19 vaccine

Question 8

Updated covid-19 vaccines are available from _________,Novavax, and pfizer

Answer 8

moderna

Question 9

SARS COV2 is always changing and protection from COVID vaccines _________overtime;

Answer 9

declines

Question 10

receiving an updated vaccine can restore and enhance protection against the_________ that you will see in communities

Answer 10

variants

Question 11

COVID 19 vaccination reduces the chance of suffering the effects of _____ covid which can develop during and following an acute infection and lasts for an extended duration.

Answer 11

long

Question 12

People who received the 2023-2024 covid vaccine saw greater protection against illness and ________________ than those who did NOT receive the 2023-2024 vaccine

Answer 12

hospitalization

Question 13

It’s perfectly safe to have covid 19 and flu shot during the same visit or same next week

Question 14

CDC study did suggest people who received a flu vaccine and messenger rna covid 19 booster at the same time might have slightly more systemic reactions 8% vs 11% which included fatigue, muscle ache, headache than people who only received covid 19 messenger rna booster vaccine there reactions were mostly mild and resolved quickly

Question 15

Adults who are greater than or equal to 65 years of age receive any of the following

High-dose inactivated influenza vaccine (HD-IIV3,_______ High-Dose

Recombinant influenza vaccine (RIV3,______)

Adjuvanted inactivated influenza vaccine (allV3, ________)

Answer 15

Fluzone

Flublok

Fluad

Question 16

ACIP=Advisory Council on Immunization Practices

Question 17

Adults age 65 and older for influenza vaccine

If none of these 3 vaccines is available at a vaccination opportunity, then any other age-appropriate influenza vaccine should be used

These vaccines are able to initiate more of an immune response so sometimes its harder for an older adult to have a great immune response but giving one of these 3 will help an older adult to mount a response sufficient to prevent future illness with influenza

Question 18

IIV3-inactivated influenza vaccine, 3 means its trivalent so there’s 3 strands of vaccines in there

Question 19

You should always have a plan for someone who has an allergic reaction including anaphylaxis so your always vaccinating when you have 2 epi pens available

Question 20

Can the flu vaccine cause influenza?

Answer 20

No, the intramuscular vaccine cannot cause influenza its an inactivated vaccine it is NOT a live vaccine

Question 21

Live intranasal so flu mist CAN NOT cause illness because it cannot replicate in temperatures of the lower respiratory tract its cold adapted virus meaning it can grow in nasal passage and it cannot replicate in temperatures of lower respiratory tract

Question 22

how can you combat this and reassure somebody that the flu vaccine did not make them sick we tell people when we immunize that it TAKES ___________TO BUILD THEIR IMMUNITY so if a person were exposed to a virus during this time they may indeed become ill so they should stay protected and stay away from sick people for at least those two weeks they are not protected yet…so they could have already been coming down with something when they received the vaccine…the vaccine it could be less than 2 weeks so there’s a number of things that could actually be at play but know that the flu vaccine DOES NOT cause influenza in a patient

Answer 22

2 weeks