Vaccines: Patient Information PDF
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Lanier Technical College
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This document provides information about various prototype drugs and vaccines, including their contraindications, effectiveness, and side effects. Details about measles, mumps, rubella, and other common vaccines are included. It also touches on various other vaccines and their usage by age group and specific situations.
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What would you teach your patient about each of the prototype drugs? - Measles, Mumps, and Rubella (MMR) -- combo of 3 live viruses - CI: pregnancy, immunodeficiency, allergy to gelatin or neomycin (used to be eggs) - Ed: thrombocytopenia, 97% effective, fever of 103 is norm...
What would you teach your patient about each of the prototype drugs? - Measles, Mumps, and Rubella (MMR) -- combo of 3 live viruses - CI: pregnancy, immunodeficiency, allergy to gelatin or neomycin (used to be eggs) - Ed: thrombocytopenia, 97% effective, fever of 103 is normal - Diptheria and Tetanus Toxoids and Acellular Pertussis Vaccine (**DTaP**) - CI: fever \>105/severe illness, encephalopathy - Ed: reduced risk of disease by 80-90% after 3^rd^ dose, boosters (Td) q 10 years, AE: shock-like state or encephalopathy - Poliovirus Vaccine, inactivated (IPV)/ IPOL - CI: allergy to streptomycin or bacitracin (monitor), no serious AE - Ed: antibodies develop after 2^nd^ dose in 97% kids - Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) conjugate vaccine - CI: just local AE - Ed: 2 types; can be made with tetanus toxoid (i.e., hiberix) or outer membrane protein (OMP), those with OMP are faster/stronger; protection begins after 1 week of 1^st^ dose of PEDVAXHIB or COMVAXA - Varicella Virus Vaccine - CI: kids should avoid aspirin (ASA) for 6 weeks (risk for developing REYE syndrome) - Hepatitis A Vaccine (HepA) - CI: none - Ed: all children 12-23 months (1-2 yrs), men who have sex with men, adopting children from hep A areas, efficacy after 2^nd^ dose - Hepatitis **B** Vaccine (HepB) - CI: anaphylaxis, **baker's yeast** - Ed: children -- recombivax, adults -- engerix, not live, lasts 5-7 years, protection after 3^rd^ dose - Pneumococcal vaccine (PCV13) - CI: n/a - Ed: all children \5 years (can be live or not) - Meningococcal Vaccine - CI: n/a - Ed: 11-12 years + booster @ 16; must for people living in groups such as dorms, military - Rotavirus Vaccine (Rotarix, Rotateq) - CI: uncorrected malformation of the GI tract + immunocompromised - Ed: 8 weeks in infants, live, PO - Human Papillomavirus Vaccine (HPV) -- Gardasil - CI: n/a - Ed: prevents cancers and genital warts in ppl 9-45 yrs
