Maine Vaccine Law
Vaccine Recommendations
Live Vaccines and Contraindications
Vaccine Safety and Adverse Events
Storage, Handling & Administration
100

How many hours of immunization CE must a pharmacist complete annually if licensed to administer vaccines?

What is 2 hours?

100

The vaccine recommended during every pregnancy to help protect newborns from pertussis is this.

What is Tdap?

100

Rotarix is administered by this route.

What is oral administration?

100

Fainting after vaccination should be reported to this vaccine-specific safety reporting system.

What is VAERS?

100

Yellow fever vaccine is administered by this route.

What is subcutaneous?

200

Within how many business days must a pharmacist notify the authorizing practitioner after administering a vaccine?

What is within 3 business days.

200

 Adults routinely become eligible for pneumococcal vaccination with Prevnar 20 at this age.

What is 50 years old?

200

Among Boostrix, Flublok, Heplisav-B, M-M-R II, Shingrix, and Varivax, these are the two live vaccines.

What are M-M-R II and Varivax?

200

A patient with an egg allergy causing lip swelling and shortness of breath may still receive influenza vaccine under this precaution level.

What is standard safety precautions?

200

Vaccines should never be stored in this part of a refrigerator because temperatures there fluctuate the most.

What is the refrigerator door?

300

When a vaccine adverse reaction occurs, to what three entities should reports be made?

What are the authorizing practitioner, VAERS, and Maine CDC.

300

People who inject drugs are recommended to receive this combination hepatitis A and B vaccine

What is Twinrix?

300

This antiviral medication can interfere with the effectiveness of Varivax.

What is acyclovir?

300

Fever, myalgias, and rhinitis occurring three days after FluMist most likely represent this type of reaction.

What is a systemic non-allergic reaction?

300

Yellow fever vaccine should be administered at this angle into fatty tissue over the triceps using what length needle?

What is 45 degrees and 5/8 inch needle?

400

What is the minimum age of a patient that a pharmacy intern may vaccinate?

What is at least 18 years old.

400

Due to functional asplenia, a 2-month-old with sickle cell disease should receive this vaccine early.

What is (MenACWY) Menveo?

400

Name three patient populations in whom live vaccines are generally contraindicated.

Who are Severely immunocompromised individuals, Pregnant patients, Patients receiving high-dose immunosuppressive therapy (e.g., chemotherapy, biologics, high-dose corticosteroids)

400

After a flu vaccine, a patient develops hives, throat swelling, vomiting, and hypotension. The first medication administered should be this.

What is epinephrine 0.3 mg IM?

400

Pharmacy staff should record storage temperatures at least this often.

What is twice daily?

500

A pharmacist is applying for a Certificate to Administer Drugs and Vaccines. Name the one of the three pathways by which the pharmacist can meet the training requirement for certification.

What is 

  • Complete a 20-hour course of study in drug administration within the 3 years immediately preceding application.
  • Graduate with a Doctor of Pharmacy degree from an ACPE-accredited college within the 3 years immediately preceding application, with training in authorized drug administration included in the curriculum.
  • Hold a valid certificate of administration from another U.S. jurisdiction or territory issued within the 3 years immediately preceding application, with comparable training and continuous administration practice.
500

Bexsero is indicated for a child with this disease and an adult with this occupational exposure.

What are sickle cell disease and routine exposure to Neisseria meningitidis in a microbiology laboratory?

500

A pharmacist is screening a patient for MMR vaccination and learns the patient received rituximab therapy four months ago. What is the most important reason to defer vaccination?

What is MMR is a live attenuated vaccine, and recent B-cell depleting immunosuppressive therapy may lead to inadequate immune response. 

500

This mercury-containing preservative was removed from most routine childhood vaccines as a precaution, yet studies failed to demonstrate a link between it and autism.

What is thimerosal?

500

These three vaccines may be stored in a freezer.

What are M-M-R II, ProQuad, and Varivax?