Vaccines

Commonly asked vaccines in spotters

Oral Polio Vaccine
BCG vaccine
Hepatitis B
Pentavalent vaccine
Inactivated Polio Vaccine
Rotavirus vaccine
Pneumococcal vaccine
Measles Rubella vaccine
DPT
Td
JE vaccine
Vitamin A
Anti-Rabies vaccine
Yellow Fever vaccine
Typhoid vaccine

Commonly asked questions on vaccines

Type of vaccine
Dose of vaccine
Mode of administration
Site of administration
Vaccination schedule
Constitutents / Strain
Protective Value
Adverse Reactions / Side-effects
Contraindications
Upto what age the vaccine can be given
Why are vaccines administered at specific sites?
Why is it NOT advisable to clean the vaccine site with a spirit swab before vaccination?
Why should there be a minimum gap of 4 weeks between two doses of vaccine?
Why are intramuscular doses of vaccine given on the anterolateral part of mid thigh and not on the gluteal region?
Why MR vaccine is given at the completion of 9 months only?
If a child aged 10 months has received Measles vaccine during measles outbreak 3 months ago, would you still advise MR vaccine?
The new guidelines recommend two doses of MR vaccine. What could be the reason for the change in these guidelines
Why is Vitamin A stored in amber coloured bottle?
Why both oral and injectable polio vaccine is being given?
Name the diseases against which Pentavalent vaccine offers protection.

Case based questions on vaccine

Usually the questions asked on a case based scenario is the vaccine that would be advised to a child either unimmunised or partially immunised. To be able to answer this question, one should know the immunisation schedule perfectly, know till what age a particular vaccine is given and the gap between two vaccine doses.

An unimmunised child aged 9 months, has been brought to the mmunisation OPD. Which vaccines will you administer?
A 18 month old male child attending Paediatric OPD was found to have been immunised only birth doses of the vaccines. Which vaccines will you advise to the child now.
Will you advise BCG vaccine to a newborn child of HIV positive mother who received anti-retroviral therapy from second trimester of pregnancy?
A 20 day old child born at home was brought to the OPD for routune checkup. Which vaccines will you advise the child?. When will you call the child for the next dose of vaccine?
Fifteen days after your last Immunization OPD, five mothers bring their children with complaints of local abscess (3 children) and enlarged left axillary lymph nodes (2 children). What could be the possible reasons for these side-effects.

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