Fall Shots
Recommended for everyone ages 6 months and older every fall/winter
What is the flu shot (influenza vaccine)?
Healthy people don't need vaccines because their immune systems are strong enough (True of False)
FALSE
What MMR stands for
What is Measles, Mumps, and Rubella?
The technical name of the chicken pox vaccine
What is varicella?
The wait time once a live attenuated vaccine is given before another vaccine can be administered
What is 4 weeks (or 28 days)?
What are 65+ patients?
Natural immunity produces a better response than a vaccine (true or false)
FALSE
You give patients a paper copy of this with every vaccine
This is also called "pertussis" and is in the DTaP and TDaP vaccines, and can be deadly in infants.
Whooping Cough
The recommended distance when 2 vaccines are simultaneously given in the same extremity
What is 1 inch apart?
For RSV - Infants under 8 months receive this injection (HINT - not the Abryvso vaccine)
Whhat is nirsevimab or clesrovimab, a monoclonal antibody (Beyfortus, or enflonsia, synagis)?
Percentage of people that contract influenza from the flu shot
0% :)
Where can you find recommended vaccine schedule (besides USIIS)
AAP (preferred), ACOG, CDC
Preferred site for patients ages 0-2
What is the anterolateral thigh (vastus lateralis muscle)?
This vaccine prevents cancer
What is HPV (Gardisal)? or Hep B?
This vaccine is recommended for pregnant moms at 32-36 weeks gestation Sept 1 through March 1
What is RSV?
Even people with an egg allergy can receive this vaccine
What is the flu shot?
Age that someone is eligible for a VFC vaccine
What is 18 years and 11 months (just before 19th birthday)?
Name a vaccine requirement for Kindergarten
The things you should check for when signing off as a double check on vaccines
Right vaccine, expiration date, route, VIS form, patient age range matches recommendation (USIIS and AAP/CDC schedule), VFC vs Private stock
Number of strains in the influenza vaccine
What is 3 strains? (Influenza A, B, and H1N1)
The year that thimerosal, or mercury, was removed from all routine childhood vaccines.
What is 2001?
Vaccines available with the VFA program at SCHC
What is COVID-19 vaccine
The vaccine "grace period" : If a vaccine is administered more than this number of days before the recommended age, the dose is generally considered invalid and must be repeated. (Example, 18 month old baby, how early can they receive their 18 month old vaccines).
What is 4 days? (but ideally on or after the minimum date to be safe)
Once given, this can suppress the PPD (TB skin test) for up to 6 weeks
What is the MMR vaccine?