Vaccines

Question 0

Inactivated vaccines

Answer 0

polio, Hep A

Question 1

Live-attenuated vaccines

Answer 1

MMR, Varicella, Flumist, Rotavirus

Question 2

What is an inactivated vaccine?

Answer 2

virus is killed, antigenic capsid proteins remain

Question 3

Subunit vaccines

Answer 3

Hep B, HPV

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How does a toxoid vaccine work?

Answer 4

inactivated toxin stimulates antibody production

Question 5

toxoid vaccines?

Answer 5

tetanus, diptheria

Question 6

Conjugate vaccines

Answer 6

HiB, Pneumococcal, Meningiococcal

Question 7

A conjugate vaccine works by?

Answer 7

Attaching poor/weak antigen to carrier protein

Question 8

HBV series # and start

Answer 8

birth, series of 3

Question 9

DTaP series # and start

Answer 9

series of 5 starting at 2 mo

Question 10

DTaP contraindications

Answer 10

the usuals + latex allergy

Question 11

When trauma occurs (like stepping on a nail) OR every 10 years, give

Answer 11

Td booster

Question 12

At 11-12 y/o, give this as a booster for DTaP

Answer 12

Tdap

Question 13

HiB is what kind of vaccine?

Answer 13

Conjugate vax

Question 14

HiB series # and start date?

Answer 14

series of 3-4, starting at 2 mo.

Question 15

IPV is what?

Answer 15

an inactivated polio virus

Question 16

IPV series # and start age?

Answer 16

series of 4 starting at 2 months

Question 17

IPV contraindications

Answer 17

allergy to neomycin/streptomycin/polymyxin B

Question 18

PCV13 is what kind of vaccine?

Answer 18

conjugate vaccine

Question 19

PCV13 series # and start age?

Answer 19

series of 4, starting at age 2mo

Question 20

Rotateq is what kind of vaccine?

Answer 20

live-attenuated

Question 21

Rotateq series # and start age?

Answer 21

series of 3 starting at 2 mo.

Question 22

Rotateq administration route

Answer 22

oral

Question 23

Rotateq contraindications

Answer 23

immunocompromised, recent blood transfusion or immunoglobulin, major GI illnesses, history of GI obstruction

Question 24

HAV is what kind of virus?

Answer 24

inactivated virus

Question 25

HAV series # and start age?

Answer 25

series of 2 at 12 mo.

Question 26

MMR is what kind of vaccine

Answer 26

live-attenuated

Question 27

MMR series # and start age

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series of 2, starting at 12-15 mo.

Question 28

MMR contraindications

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immunocompromised

Egg allergy is NOT a contraindication

Question 29

Varivax is what kind of vaccine?

Answer 29

live-attenuated

Question 30

Varivax series # and start age

Answer 30

Series of 2, 12-15 mo.

Question 31

MCV4 vaccinates for what?

Answer 31

Meningococcus

Question 32

MCV4 is what kind of vaccine?

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conjugate vaccine

Question 33

MCV4 series # and age

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2 dose series, 11-12 y/o

booster at age 16

Question 34

MCV4 contraindications

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latex allergy; sever allergy to diptheria toxin, hx of Gullain-Barre Syndrome

Question 35

HPV is what kind of vaccine

Answer 35

protein subunit

Question 36

Cervarix (HPV2) immunizes for which serotypes?

Answer 36

16 & 18

Question 37

HPV serotypes 16 & 18 cause?

Answer 37

cancer

Question 38

Gardasil (HPV4) immunizes against which serotypes?

Answer 38

6, 11, 16, 18 (warts and cancer)

Question 39

HPV vaccine series # and age?

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series of 3, starting at age 9-11 until age 26

Question 40

Influenza shot is what kind of vaccine

Answer 40

inactivated vaccine

Question 41

flu shot is indicated for?

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everyone above the age of 6 mo., annually

Question 42

whats different about the first time a child under the age of 9 gets a flu shot?

Answer 42

need 2 doses 4 weeks apart

Question 43

flu shot contraindications

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serious allergic rxn to eggs

Question 44

Flu mist is what kind of vaccine

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live attenuated

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Flu mist is indicated for

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healthy 2 - 49 y/o

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flu mist contraindications

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egg allergy (if under 18), asthmatics, aspirin therapy, immunocompromised, pregnancy, history of Gullain-Barre