What are the contraindications and precautions for Hib vaccine?
Contraindications and Precautions You should not administer Hib vaccines to: A person who has ever had a severe allergic reaction (e.g., anaphylaxis) after a previous dose. A person who has a severe allergy to any vaccine component. A person younger than 6 weeks.
What vaccines can be given to immunocompromised patients?
Use of live vaccines in people who are immunocompromised
- BCG (bacille Calmette–Guérin) vaccine.
- Japanese encephalitis vaccine.
- MMR (measles-mumps-rubella) vaccine.
- rotavirus vaccine.
- oral typhoid vaccine.
- varicella vaccine.
- yellow fever vaccine.
- zoster vaccine.
Who should not be given attenuated vaccines?
Severely immunocompromised persons generally should not receive live vaccines (3). Because of the theoretical risk to the fetus, women known to be pregnant generally should not receive live, attenuated virus vaccines (4).
Why are live vaccines not given to patients with immune deficiencies?
Live vaccines should not be administered, since they may cause to severe systemic disease by way of viremia/bacteriemia. For example, oral polio vaccine (OPV) may lead to paralytic polio in humoral (B-lymphocyte) and combined immune deficiencies.
Can you take the Covid vaccine if you are on steroids?
Can I have the vaccine if I am taking steroids? It’s fine for you to have the vaccine while you’re taking steroids. There’s no reason to delay the vaccine if you’re taking steroids, or have recently had a steroid injection or finished a course of steroid treatment.
How long should you wait between vaccines?
You should get your second shot as close to the recommended 3-week or 4-week interval as possible. However, your second dose may be given up to 6 weeks (42 days) after the first dose, if necessary.
Can I Give 2 Live vaccines together?
Vaccination should not be deferred because multiple vaccines are needed. All live vaccines (MMR, varicella, live attenuated influenza, yellow fever, and oral typhoid) can be given at the same visit if indicated. If live vaccines are not administered during the same visit, they should be separated by 4 weeks or more.