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Ramon Magsaysay Technological University Iba, Zambales College of Nursing June 7, 2013 IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE: VACCINE MINIMUM AGE AT 1ST DOSE BIRTH OR ANYTIME AFTER BIRTH 6 NUMBER OF DOSES 1 MINIMUM INTERVAL BETWEEN DOSES DOSE, ROUTE AND REASONS

BCG

0.05 ML, INTRADERMAL; BCG GIVEN AT THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE TIME PROTECTS AGAINST THE POSSIBILITY OF INFECTION FROM OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS.

DPT

4 WEEKS

0.5 ML VASTUS LATERALES MUSCLE, AN EARLY START OF DPT REDUCES THE CHANCE OF SEVERE PERTUSIS 2 DROPS; ORAL; THE EXTENT OF PROTECTION AGAINST POLIO IS INCREASED THE EARLIER THE OPV IS GIVEN. SAME WITH DPT AN EARLY START OF HAPATITIS B VACCINE REDUCES THE CHANCE OF BEING INFECTED AND BECOMING A CARRIER

OPV

6 WEEKS

4 WEEKS

HEPATITIS

6 WEEKS

4 WEEKS

MEASLES

9 MONTHS

0.5 ML; SUBCUTANEOUS AT LEAST 80% OF MEASLES CAN BE PREVENTED BY IMMUNIZATION BY THIS AGE. 0.5 ML, IM DELTOID MUSCLE

TETATUS TOXOID IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE FOR WOMEN

TT1 AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE DURING PREGNANCY

80% PROTECTED

TT2 AT LEAST 4 WEEKS AFTER FIRST DOSE

80% PROTECTED; INFANTS ARE PROTECTED FROM NEONATAL TETANUS; GIVES 3 YEARS PROTECTION FOR MOTHERS.

TT3 AT LEAST 6 MONTHS LATER

90% PROTECTED; PROTECTION FROM NEONATAL TETANUS; GIVES 5 YEARS PROTECTION OF THE MOTHER

TT4 AT LEAST 1 YEAR LATER

90% PROTECTED; PROTECTION FROM NEONATAL TETANUS; GIVES 10 YEARS PROTECTION OF THE MOTHER

TT5 AT LEAST 1 YEAR LATER

99% PROTECTED; PROTECTION FROM NEONATAL TETANUS; GIVES LIFETIME PROTECTION OF THE MOTHER

Prepared by: CONTESSA M. GABRIEL,RM,RN,MAN Professor