Primary Care 7th Edition By Starr, Brady, Gaylord,
Driessnack, Duderstadt
When should a child sit in a rear facing car seat until? - ANSWER:2 years
Active Acquired immunity - ANSWER:antigen specific from disease or immunization
Passive Immunity example - ANSWER:mom to baby
Screening Questions before Immunizing - ANSWER:allergy to eggs?
anaphylactic rx to previous shots?
mod/severe illness without fever?
For liver virus (MMR, Varicella) do not give to immuno comprimized individuals?
Vaccination Administration Site - ANSWER:anteriolateral thigh
needle length for IM vacc - ANSWER:1 inch
What can be given for pain for vaccinations? - ANSWER:EMLA(topical numbing
agent), tylenol
Main side effects for vaccine - ANSWER:fever, pain
Types of vaccines - ANSWER:attenuated vaccines and inactivated vaccines
what are attenuated vaccines - ANSWER:weakened, live virus'; produces immunity
w/o causing disease
examples of Live attenuated vaccines - ANSWER:varicella, MMR, LAIV, Rota, Zoster
Inactivated vaccine examples - ANSWER:DTap,Tdap, Td, DT, Hib, hep A, hep B, IPV
When can live vaccines be given - ANSWER:MMR and Varicella
Live-Live Vaccines when can they be given? - ANSWER:separated by 28 days if not
given together
Who cannot receive live vaccines? - ANSWER:pregnant women and
immunosuppressed people
had blood product in the past year
Hepatitis A: how many doses? When? - ANSWER:2 doses IM
1year, after 18mo