APhA Immunization Exam | 100 Questions with 100% Correct Answers
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What is the minimum needle length recommended for administering HepB vaccine to an adult patient weighing 130 lb? - Fixed 1-inch needles are acceptable for patients weighing 60 kg (132 lb) or less. HZV, MMR, rabies, typhoid, varicella, or yellow fever vaccine should not be administered to a patient...
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Questions with 100% Correct Answers
What is the minimum needle length recommended for administering HepB vaccine
to an adult patient weighing 130 lb? Correct Answer: Fixed 1-inch needles are
acceptable for patients weighing 60 kg (132 lb) or less.
HZV, MMR, rabies, typhoid, varicella, or yellow fever vaccine should not be
administered to a patient with a history of anaphylaxis to: Correct Answer: Gelatin
Alan is a 47-year-old man who has no documentation of a primary series of
tetanus-containing vaccine. Which of the following would be an appropriate
primary series for Alan? Correct Answer: 1) Tdap
2) Td 4 weeks later
3) Td 6-12 months later
Td booster every 10 years after 3rd dose
Candidate for PPSV23? Correct Answer: All adults 65+ years
Children with asthma only if theyre treated with high dose corticosteriods
Name the vaccine-preventable disease that may be contracted by unimmunized
children from adults serving as reservoirs for the disease, which causes a
paroxysmal cough and potentially can result in pneumonia, seizures,
encephalopathy, hypoxia, and death. Correct Answer: Pertussis
Which of the following vaccines may be administered to males and females aged 9
through 26 years to reduce the likelihood of acquiring genital warts? Correct
Answer: 9vHPV
Which of the following key questions is important to ask a patient before
administering IIV? Correct Answer: Are you sick today?
,*Mild illness is okay, but moderate to severe acute illness need to be resolved
before getting vaccine.
Live attenuated vaccines.. Correct Answer: produced by weakening the virus or
bacteria to reduce the likelihood that it can cause disease
end to produce more persistent, longer-lasting immunity than inactivated vaccines
must replicate in order for the body to produce an immune response
could cause disease in immunocompromised patients
Circulating antibodies may interfere with a live attenuated vaccine's ability to
replicate.
Inactivated vaccines... Correct Answer: are produced by killing the virus/bacteria
includes polysaccharide vaccines (conjugated [protein altered] or unconjugated),
toxoids, or cellular vaccines
Which type of vaccine involves stimulation of B cells without the assistance of T
helper cells? Correct Answer: A pure polysaccharide
*not recommended for children <2 because of their immature immune system
Conjugated vaccines.. Correct Answer: provide longer lasting protection
the immune response that changes to a T cell mediated response allows children <2
to form an immune response
T/F
Both live attenuated vaccines and recombinant vaccines mimic natural infection
and involve T cells in the immune response. Correct Answer: True
The incubation period for influenza can range from: Correct Answer: 1-4 days
What is the time interval for which the development of Guillain-Barré syndrome
following influenza vaccination would result in a precaution for future influenza
vaccines? Correct Answer: 6 weeks
, The monitoring system that health care providers should use to report serious
adverse events after vaccination is: Correct Answer: VAERS
Which of the following patients are appropriate candidates for the 2-dose schedule
of HPV9? Correct Answer: 11 or 12 year olds
*if series has not been started by age 15, then a 3 dose series is needed
*3 dose series recommended for immunocompromised patients
*1st/2nd dose- given at 0 and 6-12 months
*if 2nd dose is given sooner than 5 months after the first dose then a 3rd dose is
needed
Why should refrigerated vaccines be stored in the middle of the refrigerator?
Correct Answer: because the temperature in the middle does not fluctuate as
much.
A history of anaphylaxis caused by neomycin would be a contraindication to
receiving which of the following vaccines? Correct Answer: Hep A, IPV, MMR,
Rabies, smallpox, varicella, zoster, influenza
When looking at the schedule for vaccines that might be indicated for children and
adolescents aged 18 years or younger based on medical indications, what does the
orange bar represent? Correct Answer: Orange-indicates theres a precaution for
the vaccine
*
Yellow-vaccine recommended according to routine schedule
Purple-recommended for people with an additional risk factor for which the
vaccine would be indicated
Yellow/black- vaccine recommended, additional doses may be necessary based on
medical condition
White-no recommendation
Red-vaccine is contraindicated
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