Vaccination Schedule

Question 1

What can be used in inactivated vaccines?

Answer 1

Inactivated virus
Inactivated toxins
Surface proteins
Polysaccharide
Conjugated polysaccharide (polysaccharide attached to protein)

Question 2

How do inactivated vaccines work?

Answer 2

First dose - body produces IgM and some IgG against antigens - primary response
Second dose - body produces mainly IgG against antibodies - secondary response - boosts immunity

Question 3

What is used in live attenuated vaccines?

Answer 3

Viruses which have been altered so do not cause disease

Question 4

How to live attenuated vaccines work?

Answer 4

Viruses replicated in the host and the host’s immune system responds as it normally would to infection

Question 5

What adverse effects can follow DTaP/IPV/Hib vaccine and when?

Answer 5

48 hours

Local reaction and fever

Question 6

What adverse effects can follow MMR vaccine and when?

Answer 6

7-10 days
Rash and fever

3 weeks
Parotitis

Question 7

What does DTaP/IPV/Hib protect against and what type of vaccine is it?

Answer 7

Diptheria - toxin
Tetanus - toxin
Pneumococcal - inactivated whole cell
Polio - inactivated virus
Haemophilus influenza B - conjugated polysaccharide

Question 8

What does PCV protect against and what type of vaccine is it?

Answer 8

Pneumococcal disease - polysaccharide

Question 9

What does Rotarix protect against and what type of vaccine is it?

Answer 9

Rotavirus - live attenuated

Question 10

What do MenB, MenC and MenACWY protect against and what type of vaccine are they?

Answer 10

Meningococcal disease B
Meningococcal disease C
Meningococcal diseases A, C, W and Y
Conjugated polysaccharide

Question 11

What does MMR protect against and what type of vaccine is it?

Answer 11

All live attenuated
Measles
Mumps
Rubella

Question 12

What does LAIV (fluenz tetra) protect against and what type of vaccine is it?

Answer 12

Influenza virus

Live attenuated

Question 13

What does Gardasil protect against and what type of vaccine is it?

Answer 13

Human papilloma virus

Inactive - viral coat protein

Question 14

What does Zostavax protect against and what type of vaccine is it?

Answer 14

Herpes zoster

Live attenuated

Question 15

When is DTaP/IPV/Hib given?

Answer 15

2 months
3 months
4 months

Question 16

When is rotarix given?

Answer 16

2 months
3 months
1 year

Question 17

When is PCV given?

Answer 17

2 months
4 months
1 year

Question 18

When is MenB given?

Answer 18

2 months

4 months

Question 19

When is MenC given?

Answer 19

3 months

1 year

Question 20

When is MMR given?

Answer 20

1 year

3 years 4 months

Question 21

When is Hib/MenC given?

Answer 21

1 year

Question 22

When is DTaP/IPV given?

Answer 22

3 years 4 months

Question 23

When is LAIV given?

Answer 23

Yearly from 2y-17y

Question 24

When is gardasil given?

Answer 24

Females aged 12/13 - 2 doses 6 months apart

Question 25

When is DTaP alone given?

Answer 25

14 years

Question 26

When is MenACWY given?

Answer 26

14 years

Question 27

When is inactivated influenza given?

Answer 27

Yearly for over 65s

Question 28

When is zostavax given?

Answer 28

70y

Question 29

What immunisations are given at 2 months?

Answer 29

DTaP/IPV/Hib PCV Rotarix MenB

Question 30

What immunisations are given at 3 months?

Answer 30

DTaP/IPV/Hib Rotarix MenC

Question 31

What immunisations are given at 4 months?

Answer 31

DTaP/IPV/Hib PCV MenB

Question 32

What immunisations are given at 1 year?

Answer 32

Hib/MenC PCV Rotarix MMR

Question 33

What immunisations are given at 3 years 4 months?

Answer 33

MMR | DTaP/IPV

Question 34

What immunisation is given yearly from 2y-17y?

Answer 34

LAIV

Question 35

What immunisation is given to girls aged 12/13y?

Answer 35

Gardasil

Question 36

What immunisations are given at 14 years?

Answer 36

DTaP | MenACWY

Question 37

What immunisation is given yearly over 65?

Answer 37

Inactivated influenza

Question 38

What immunisation is given once at age 65?

Answer 38

Pneumococcal

Question 39

What immunisation is given at age 70?

Answer 39

Zostavax