What is The Pink Book CDC?
The Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases, a.k.a. the “Pink Book,” provides physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, pharmacists, and other healthcare professionals with the most comprehensive information on routinely used vaccines and the diseases they prevent.
What are vaccine-preventable diseases?
Vaccine-preventable diseases
- Diptheria.
- Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib)
- Hepatitis B.
- Human papillomavirus (HPV)
- Mumps.
- Pertussis.
- Pneumococcal disease.
- Poliomyelitis (polio)
What is a vaccine book?
The Vaccine Book first covers the impact of disease, including chapters on vaccine economics and finance policy, and the potential for widespread vaccination to change the epidemiology of the target disease.
What is in the Pentacel vaccine?
Pentacel vaccine consists of Diphtheria and Tetanus Toxoids and Acellular Pertussis Adsorbed and Inactivated Poliovirus (DTaP-IPV) component as well as an ActHIB® vaccine component.
Which of the following is a key factor for administering vaccine?
For both children and adults, the best position and type of comforting technique should be determined by considering the patient’s age, activity level, safety, comfort, and administration route and site. Parents play an important role when infants and children receive vaccines.
What are the 16 vaccine preventable diseases?
The most common and serious vaccine-preventable diseases tracked by the World Health Organization (WHO) are: diphtheria, Haemophilus influenzae serotype b infection, hepatitis B, measles, meningitis, mumps, pertussis, poliomyelitis, rubella, tetanus, tuberculosis, and yellow fever.
What are 3 diseases that can be prevented by vaccines?
Vaccine preventable diseases currently include:
- diphtheria.
- tetanus.
- pertussis (whooping cough)
- poliomyelitis (polio)
- measles.
- mumps.
- rubella.
- haemophilus influenzae type b infections.
Who among the following scientist introduced the concept of immunization to the medical world?
Edward Jenner is considered the founder of vaccinology in the West in 1796, after he inoculated a 13 year-old-boy with vaccinia virus (cowpox), and demonstrated immunity to smallpox.
What vaccine Cannot be given together?
Nonsimultaneous Administration of Live Vaccines If any combination of live, injected vaccines (MMR-II, ProQuad, Varivax) or live, attenuated influenza vaccine (LAIV [FluMist]) is not administered simultaneously, the vaccine doses should be separated by at least 4 weeks.