Childhood immunizations

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Specializes in Pediatric home care, assisted living.

Does anyone have an easy way to remember when childhood immunizations are given and contraindications to getting an injection? Meds Pub says you should not get a rectal exam if you are immunocompromized!!!!

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Specializes in Gerontological, cardiac, med-surg, peds.
does anyone have an easy way to remember when childhood immunizations are given and contraindications to getting an injection? meds pub says you should not get a rectal exam if you are immunocompromized!!!!

offhand (there may be more) - contraindications to receiving an immunization include allergies to eggs, chicken, thimerisol (another whole subject matter for a thread), previous serious reaction to vaccination, past history of guillam-barre syndrome, certain immunocompromised conditions

helpful links:

recommended childhood and adolescent immunization schedule 2006

administering vaccines: dose, route, site, and needle size

epidemiology and prevention of vaccine-preventable diseases - the "pink book" 9th edition from the cdc. thorough, authoritative resource on vaccinations and vaccination-related topics.

pocket-size immunization schedules

immunization action coalition

national immunization program

hope this helps! :)

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Specializes in Pediatric home care, assisted living.

Thanks Vicky RN!!! You must be an instructor!! So knowledgeable. Happy New Year

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Specializes in Gerontological, cardiac, med-surg, peds.

You're very welcome! Best wishes to you in school :)

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Specializes in Adolescent Psych, PICU.

I think a yeast allergy is a contradiction as well? As well as certain antibiotics (I can't think of the name, so you might want to look that one up, some of the vaccine have trace amounts of antibiotics in them some may be allergic too).

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