MEASLES, MUMPS AND RUBELLA VACCINE (MMR) EXAM 2024 WITH 100% ACCURATE SOLUTIONS

MEASLES, MUMPS AND RUBELLA VACCINE (MMR) EXAM 2024 WITH 100% ACCURATE
SOLUTIONS




What does the MMR vaccine do? - correct answer✔✔ Provides active immunisation against measles,
mumps and rubella



What type of vaccine is the MMR vaccine? - correct answer✔✔ Live attenuated vaccine



What is the dosing schedule for the MMR vaccine? - correct answer✔✔ - First dose is given at 12
months

- Second dose is given at 15 months

- Funded for everyone born after 1969 who do not have two documented doses of the MMR vaccine



What are the adverse effects of the MMR vaccine? (7) - correct answer✔✔ - Idiopathic
thrombocytopenia purpura (ITP)

- Fever

- Mild rash

- Swelling

- Joint pain

- Low platelet count

- Convulsion associated with fever



What are two interactions with the MMR vaccine? - correct answer✔✔ - Other live vaccines (administer
on the same day or leave a gap of four weeks between)

- Yellow fever vaccine (can't be administered on the same day - leave a minimum of four weeks
between)



What are three precautions to administering the MMR vaccine? - correct answer✔✔ -
Thrombocytopenia in children

- History of seizures (MMR vaccine can invoke a febrile response)