Immunizations Flashcards
Provides recommendations for vaccine administration
ACIP (advisory committee on immunization practices)
CDC publishes ACIP recommendations in…
MMWR, pink book
Thimerosal can be found in…
multidose flu vaccines
geltain is used in vaccines as a…
stabilizer
another word for antibody
immunoglobulin
immunity gained from infection or vaccine is an example of…
active immunity
which type of vaccine produces a strong immune response (does not require booster)
live attenuated
contraindication for live vaccines
immunocompromised, pregnant
type of vaccine that may require a booster
inactivated
What are the common live vaccines?
TB, dengue, smallpox, ebola, MICRO-VY (MMR, Intranasal influenza, cholera, rotavirus, oral typhoid, varicella, yellow fever)
example of polysaccharide vaccine
pneumovax 23
example of conjugate vaccine
prevnar 20, menactra
example of recombinant vaccine
gardasil, flubok quadrivalent
how does a polysaccharide vaccine work?
uses sugar molecule from outside layer of bacteria
how does a conjugate vaccine work?
joins sugar molecules to proteins to inc immune response
how does a recombinant vaccine work?
gene of organism is inserted into gene of another cell and gets replicated
how does a toxoid vaccine work?
targets toxin produced by disease
how does an mRNA vaccine work?
gives instruction to cell to produce proteins specific to pathogen
Gardrasil 9
Human papillomavirus vaccine
Flublok quadrivalent
Recombinant influenza vaccine
Prevnar 20
Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine
Menactra
Meningitis conjugate
Pneumovax 23
Pneumococcal polysaccharide
A live vaccine can be given: a) simultaneously with inactivated vaccines b) 2 weeks after a different live vaccine c) four weeks after a different live vaccine
a,c