Childhood Vaccinations

Question 1

Which flu vaccine is offered to children aged 2 - 17

Answer 1

LIVE attenuated quadrivalent vaccine (Nasal spray)

Question 2

Children aged 6 months - 2 years are offered the injected/nasal spray flu vaccine

(delete as appropriate)

Answer 2

Injected

The nasal spray is not licensed for this age group

Question 3

True or false:

Meningitis will always present with a non-blanching rash

Answer 3

FALSE
Not everyone will present with a rash. If other symptoms of meningitis are present, patients should still be referred urgently

Question 4

1st dose of MMR at _____

Booster at _____

Answer 4

1 year old
3 years ad 4 months old

Check MMR status at 14 years old

Question 5

At what age do children receive the first dose of the vaccine for pertussis (whooping cough)

Answer 5

8 weeks old

Part of the six in one vaccine: DTaP/IPV/Hib/HepB

Question 6

What vaccines are in infanrix hexa

Answer 6

1. Diptheria
2. Tetanus
3. Pertussis (whooping cough)
4. Hepatitis B
5. Polio
6. Haemophilus influenzae type B

Question 7

What does BCG stand for

Answer 7

Bacillus Calmette-Guerin

Question 8

Where is the BCG vaccine administered

Answer 8

Deltoid muscle (upper arm)

Question 9

Which routine vaccine (1st dose at 8 weeks) is given orally

Answer 9

Rotavirus (causes gastroenteritis)

Question 10

Which vaccine (1st dose at 8 weeks) is administered in the LEFT thigh

Answer 10

Meningococcal group B

Question 11

Routine vaccines given at 8 weeks ?

3 points

Answer 11

1. Infanrix Hexa (DTaP/IPV/Hib/HepB)
2. Meningococcal group B
3. Rotavirus

Question 12

Routine vaccines given at 12 weeks

3 points

Answer 12

1. Infanrix hexa second dose
2. Rotavirus second dose
3. Pneumococcal single dose (13 serotypes)

Question 13

Routine vaccines at 16 weeks ?

2 points

Answer 13

1. Infanrix Hexa third dose

2. Meningococcal B second dose

Question 14

At what age do you receive the first dose of the MMR vaccine

Answer 14

One year old (on or just after the first birthday)

Question 15

At what age do you receive the SECOND dose of the MMR vaccine

Answer 15

3 years old

Question 16

At what age would you vaccinate against 23 pneumococcal serotypes instead of 13?

Answer 16

65 years +

Question 17

At what age is the shingle vaccine offered

Answer 17

70 years old