vaccinations

Question 1

when do you give the Tdap

Answer 1

once as a child and then every 10 years a Td booster

Question 2

when do you give influenza

Answer 2

annually

Question 3

when do you give PPSV23

Answer 3

alone if <65 with chronic heart/lung/liver disease/diabetes/smokers/alcoholics. then you give the sequential at the age of 65.

sequentially with PCV13 <65 for VERY HIGH risk CSF leaks/cochlear implants/sickle cell disease/asplenia/HIV/malignancy/immunocompromised/CKD.

normally for a healthy person ≥65 PCV13 then 23 at a later time.