VACCINATIONS – SUMMARY OF KEY INFO
NHS schedule:
8 weeks
Dtap/IPV/Hib and PCV (Diphterhia, Tetanus, acellular Pertussis (whooping cough), Inactivated Polio Vaccine, Haemophilus influenzae and Pneumococcal
12 weeks
Dtap/IPV/Hib and Men C (Diphterhia, Tetanus, acellular Pertussis (whooping cough), Inactivated Polio Vaccine, Haemophilus influenzae and Meningococcal C
16 weeks
Dtap/IPV/Hib Men C and PCV (Diphterhia, Tetanus, acellular Pertussis (whooping cough), Inactivated Polio Vaccine, Haemophilus influenzae, Meningococcal C and Pneumococcal
12 months
Hib/Men C (Haemophilus influenzae b (Hib) and Meningococcal C)
13 months
MMR and PCV (Measles, Mumps, Rubella and Pneumococcal)
3-5 years
DTaP/IPV or dTaP/IPV (Diphtheria or low dose diphtheria, Tetanus, acellular Pertussis, Inactivated Polio Vaccine pre-school booster)
3-5 years (can be given earlier)
MMR and PCV (Measles, Mumps, Rubella)
14 years
dT/IPV (low dose diphtheria, Tetanus, Inactivated Polio Vaccine booster)
Other possible: BCG and Hepatitis B
Halvorsen, R (2007) The truth about vaccines, Gibson Square
5 in 1 - Pediacel
Diphtheria
• Illness caused by the poison created by the bacteria
• Immunisation protects against the worst effects of the poison
• One of safer immunisations
• Side effects: redness, pain and swelling at site of injection
• Contains aluminium (can cause a painless nodule which last for weeks or months at site of injection)
• Part of 5 in 1, not available separately
• At least a third and possibly a half of all adults in UK are not immune, people could die if it returns.
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BCG
• 49% to 64% effective
• Live vaccine
Tetanus
• Poison in contaminated soil
• Very rare but consequences potentially severe (1 in 5 of those ill die)
• Does not endanger the entire population, only those at risk.
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Polio
• Europe free of polio since 2002
• Back to IPV (killed polio vaccine) in...