NR328 PEDIATRIC NURSING –
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DIPHTHERIA, TETANUS, AND ACELLULAR PERTUSSIS (DTaP) - CONSIDERATIONS -
✔✔minimum of 6 months between doses three and four
dose four can be given as early as 12 months of age
dose five dose is not needed if dose four was given at 4 years of age or older
TDAP/TD - MINIMUM AGE - ✔✔10 years
TDAP/TD - NUMBER OF DOSES - ✔✔Tdap = one dose
Td = every 10 years
TDAP/TD - SCHEDULE - ✔✔11-12 years
Booster every 10 years (Td)
TDAP/TD - CONSIDERATIONS - ✔✔administer one dose to adolescents who are pregnant
(with each pregnancy) regardless of timing of previous td or tdap vaccine (between 27 and 36
weeks of gestation).
booster with td every 10 years after administration of tdap.
,administer tdap or td according to recommendations for wounds other than clean, minor if 5
years or
longer since previous dose of tetanus toxoid.
HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B (Hib) - MINIMUM AGE - ✔✔6 weeks (all *except*
Hiberix)
12 months (Hiberix)
HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B (Hib) - NUMBER OF DOSES - ✔✔*four doses* (actHIB,
MenHibrix, or Pentacel)
*three doses* (PedvaxHib, COMVAX)
HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B (Hib) - SCHEDULE - ✔✔2 months
4 months
6 months (only if four-dose series)
12-15 months (booster dose with any Hib-containing vaccine)
HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B (Hib) - CONSIDERATIONS - ✔✔administer Hiberix as a
booster dose at 12 months to 4 years of age only if a prior dose of Hib was received.
only 1 dose is recommended for children who are 15 months of age or older, and not
immunized.
, PNEUMOCOCCAL CONJUGATE (PCV13) - MINIMUM AGE - ✔✔6 weeks
PNEUMOCOCCAL CONJUGATE (PCV13) - NUMBER OF DOSES - ✔✔four doses
PNEUMOCOCCAL CONJUGATE (PCV13) - CONSIDERATIONS - ✔✔administer a one‐time dose
of PCV13 to children who are 14 to 59 months of age and received age‐appropriate dosing with
PCV7.
Follow current recommendations for dual vaccination series with PCV13 and PPsV23 for
children who have high‐risk conditions.
INACTIVATED POLIO VACCINE (IPV) - MINIMUM AGE - ✔✔6 weeks
INACTIVATED POLIO VACCINE (IPV) - NUMBER OF DOSES - ✔✔four doses
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