Ask the Experts: Meningococcal ACWY Vaccine for College Students
Kelly Moore answers the question: Should college students be vaccinated against meningococcal disease with MenACWY vaccine?
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Kelly Moore answers the question: Should college students be vaccinated against meningococcal disease with MenACWY vaccine?
Kelly Moore answers the question: What is the schedule for Meningococcal ACWY, or MenACWY, vaccine?
Kelly Moore answers the question: A 4-year-old’s vaccine records show that she had four doses of inactivated polio vaccine, or IPV, given at 2 months, 4 months, 6 months, and age 2 years. Should she have a booster dose?
Kelly Moore answers the question: An expired dose of measles-mumps-rubella-and-varicella vaccine, also known as MMRV was given to a patient. We assume that the repeat dose should be given in three months because the spacing between doses of a combination vaccine depends on the longest minimum interval of a component (in this case the varicella vaccine component). Is this correct?
Kelly Moore answers the question: I have a healthy 5-year old patient whose close household contact (her mother) is immunocompromised due to cancer chemotherapy. Can I administer live vaccines to the healthy child?
Kelly Moore answers the question: How many doses of pediatric diphtheria-tetanus-acellular pertussis, or DTaP, vaccine does an infant need before she or he is protected from pertussis?
Kelly Moore answers the question: Should vaccines be withheld for patients on steroids?
Kelly Moore answers the question: Can combination vaccines be used with children who have fallen behind with their vaccinations? If so, what schedule should we follow?
Kelly Moore answers the question: Who is recommended to be vaccinated against meningococcal B disease?
Kelly Moore answers the question:
Is it okay to draw up vaccines at the beginning of the shift/ If it isn’t, how much in advance can this be done?