Screening and Immunisations Flashcards
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what is checked soon after birth
Eyes, Heart, Hip
Check weight, head circumference, tone, spine, genitals, femoral pulse, palate
Hernias, jaundice, dysmorphic features
Hearing screen
what immunisation is given soon after birth
vit K drops
what is checked at 6-8 weeks
Eyes, Heart, Hip
Check weight, head circumference, tone, spine, genitals, femoral pulse, palate
Hernias, jaundice, dysmorphic features
when we are checking the eyes what are we concerned about
cataracts
what immunisations are given at 2 months
DTaP/IPV/HiB
PCV
Rotarix
what immunisations are given at 3 months
DTaP/IPV/HiB
Men C
Rotarix
what immunisations are given at 4 months
DTaP/IPV/HiB
PCV
what immunisations are given at 12-13 months
HiB/MenC
MMR
PCV
what is checked at 4-5 years
Check the child’s height and weight.
Administer the sweep test of hearing.
what immunisations are given between 12-18 years
Td/IPV
HPV (girls) 12 -13 yrs
Men C
what are live attenuated vaccines
measles, mumps, rubella
poliomyelitis
what are the inactivated vaccines
pertussis
whole cell typhoid
what vaccines contained components of organisms
influenza, pneumococcal
diptheria, tetanus - toxoid
what is herd immunity
the unimmunised, or those who cannot be immunised can be indirectly protected
what are contraindications to vaccines
acute illness at the time severe local reaction to previous dose general reaction fever > 39.5 within 48 hours anaphylaxis or collapse prolonged unresponsiveness convulsion or encephalopathy within 72 hours of vaccination
what are travel-related immunisations
yellow fever cholera rabies hepatitis typhoid
what is elimination of disease
Reduction to zero of the incidence of a specified disease in a defined geographical area as a result of deliberate efforts; continued intervention measures are required.
what is eradication
Permanent reduction to zero of the worldwide incidence of infection caused by a specific agent as a result of deliberate efforts; intervention measures are no longer needed
what is extinction
The specific infectious agent no longer exists in nature or in the laboratory
