VACCINES Flashcards
Types of vaccines
Live attenuated: MMR, BCG
Inactivated: Meningococcal
Inactivated toxins: Tetanus and Diphtheria
Viral vectors: COVID-19 (AstraZeneca)
Nucleic acid: COVID-19 (Pfizer and Moderna)
Live attenuated
Measles, Mumps and Rubella
Inactivated
Meningococcal
Inactivated toxins
Tetanus and Diphtheria
Viral vectors
COVID-19 (AstraZeneca)
Nucleic acid
COVID-19 (Pfizer and Moderna)
What vaccinations should not be given in pregnancy?
Live vaccines should not be given in pregnancy
Inactivated vaccines - interval
Different inactivated vaccines can be given at any interval to each other
Same inactivated vaccines - interval
Same inactivated vaccines need a minimum 4 week interval
Day 0, Day 28
Varicella Zoster and MMR - interval
Minimum 4 week interval
can be given on the same day
Yellow Fever and MMR - interval
Minimum 4 week interval
Can’t be given on the same day
Vaccine schedule - baby
Weeks: 6-MR A
12 Weeks: 6-PR
16 Weeks: 6-M
Haemophilius Influenza B
MR: Meningococcal B + Rotavirus
PR: Pneumococcal + Rotavirus
M: Meningococcal B
Vaccine - 1 yr
Measles, Mumps, Rubella (MMR)
Haemophilus Influenzae B + Meningococcal C
Meningococcal B, Pneumococcal
What is in the 6 in 1
6 (6-in-1 Vaccine): Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis, Hepatitis B, Polio,
Vaccines - 3 Years 4 months
Measles, Mumps, Rubella (MMR)
Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis, Poliomyelitis