Vaccination Schedule

Question 1

What vaccines should a child have had by 8 weeks?

Answer 1

6-in-1
Men B
Rotavirus

Question 2

What does the 6-in-1 vaccine consist of?

Answer 2

1. Diphtheria
2. Tetanus
3. Pertussis (whooping cough)
4. Polio
5. Haemophilus influenza type B (Hib)
6. Hepatitis B

Question 3

What vaccines should a child have had by 12 weeks?

Answer 3

6-in-1 vaccine (second)
Pneumococcal vaccine (PCV, 13 serotypes)
Rotavirus vaccine (second)

Question 4

What vaccines should a child have had by 16 weeks?

Answer 4

6-in-1 vaccine (third)

Men B vaccine (second)

Question 5

What vaccines should a child be given on/ after their first birthday?

Answer 5

Hib/Men C vaccine containing vaccines against meningitis C (first) and Hib (fourth)

Pneumococcal (PCV) booster (second vaccine)

MMR vaccine

Men B booster (third vaccine)

Question 6

What vaccines should a child be given on/ after 3 years, 4 months old?

Answer 6

MMR vaccine (second)
4-in-1 pre-school booster

Question 7

What does the 4-in-1 pre-school booster consist of?

Answer 7

Diphtheria (dTaP)
Tetanus
Pertussis (Whooping cough)
Polio

Question 8

Who gets given the HPV vaccine?

Answer 8

12-13 year old girls and boys

Question 9

What does the HPV vaccine protect against?

Answer 9

HPV types 16 and 18 and genital warts caused by types 6 and 11.

Question 10

What vaccines would be given at 14 years?

Answer 10

3-in-1 teenage booster

Men ACWY vaccine

Question 11

What does the 3-in-1 teenage booster consist of?

Answer 11

Diphtheria
Tetanus
Polio

Question 12

What vaccines do people aged around 65 receive?

Answer 12

Pneumococcal vaccine (PPV)
Inactivated flu vaccine (given annually)

Question 13

At what age is the shingles vaccine given?

Answer 13

70 years

Question 14

What are the free travel vaccines you can receive?

Answer 14

Hepatitis A vaccine
Typhoid vaccine
Cholera vaccine

Question 15

What vaccine is aimed at first-time university entrants?

Answer 15

Men ACWY

Question 16

What vaccines would pregnant women be given?

Answer 16

Flu

Pertussis (Whooping cough)

Question 17

What is the benefit of conjugate vaccines?

Answer 17

Change the immune response to T cell dependent -> allows for booster response and more immunogenicity

Question 18

What chemicals are commonly used to inactivate vaccines?

Answer 18

Formalin

Question 19

Give examples of viral live attenuated vaccines

Answer 19

Measles mumps rubella
Varicella
Yellow fever
Intranasal flu 
Oral polio

Question 20

Give examples of bacterial inactivated vaccines

Answer 20

Pertussis
Typhoid
Cholera
Plague

Question 21

Give examples of polysaccharide vaccines

Answer 21

Pneumococcal Meningococcal disease

Salmonella typhi

Question 22

What type of vaccine is the haemophiliac influenza type B vaccine (HiB)?

Answer 22

Conjugate

Question 23

What type of vaccine is the human papilloma virus?

Answer 23

Recombinant

Question 24

What type of vaccine is the hepatitis B virus?

Answer 24

Recombinant

Question 25

Who are the ‘at risk’ groups invited to take the flu vaccine?

Answer 25

Anyone who is immunosuppressed or is at greater risk of exposure to pathogens.

Pregnant women
At risk children from 6 mths to 17 years 
Healthcare professionals
Anyone with:
- splenic dysfunction 
- chronic cardioresp conditions
- chronic neuro conditions
- diabetes
- Chronic kidney/ liver disease
- Complement disorders

Question 26

What vaccines would patients with asplenia be offered?

Answer 26

Men ACWY
Men B
Pneumococcal
Influenza
Annual flu vaccine

Question 27

Who would routinely be offered hepatitis A and B vaccinations?

Answer 27

Patients with:
Chronic liver conditions
Haemophilia

Question 28

True or false? Patients with stage 4 and 5 CKD are offered hepatitis B vaccinations?

Answer 28

True

Question 29

Who is offered the BCG vaccine?

Answer 29

Infants in areas of the UK where TB incidence > 40 in 100,000
Infants with either a parent/ grandparent in a high incidence country

Question 30

When would babies born to hepatitis B infected mothers be vaccinated?

Answer 30

Birth
4 weeks
12 months