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table 4.2
vaccines commonly handled by pharmacy technicians
Question | Answer | ||
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haemophilus influenza B | injection | refrigerate | haemophilus influenza type B in children |
Hepatitis A | injection | refrigerate | for patients at high risk of exposure to Hep A |
Hep B | injection | refrigerate | hep B in children |
HPV | injection | refrigerate | for girls and boys and women and men |
HIB +hep B | Injection | refrigerate | haemophilus influenza and Hep B in children |
Influenza (afluria, fluarix, flulaval, fluvirin, fluzone) | injection | refrigerate | influenza in children and adults recommended for healthcare workers |
influenza (flumist) | intranasal | refrigerate | influenza in patients 2- 50 years old recommended for healthcare workers |
Japanese encephalitis | injection | refrigerate | recommended for patients at high risk of exposure to japanese encephalitis |
measles, mumps and rubella | Injection | room temp during shipping refrigerate during storage in pharmacy protect from light | MMR in adults and children |
meningococcal (menomune, menactra) | injection | refrigerate | recommended for patients at high risk of exposure to neisseria meningitidis |
pneumococcal, conjugate (prevnar) | injection | refrigerate | pneumonia and otis media (ear infections) in children |
pneumococcal , polyvalent (pneumovax) | injection | refrigerate | pneumonia in patients <2 years old or>50 years old |
Polio inactivated or or IPV (IPOL) | injection | refrigerate | poliovirus in children |
rotavirus (rotarix, RotaTeq) | oral | refrigerate protect from light | rotavirus in children and infants |
typhoid (vivotif berna, typhim Vi) | oral, injection | PO: refrigerate or freeze injection: refrigerate (don't freeze) | PO: salmonella typhi in adults and children inj: recommended for patients at high risk of typhoid fever |
varicella (varivax) | injection | frozen ( refrigerate for 72 hours only) | chicken pox in children |
yellow fever (YF- vax) | injection | frozen during shipping refrigerate during storage in pharmacy | recommended for patients at high risk to yellow fever |
Zoster (zostavax) | injection | refrigerate or room temperature | Herpes zoster (shingles) in patients >60 years old |
bcg | injection | refrigerate | recommended for patients at high risk of exposure to tuberculosis |
diphteria, tetanus, and pertussis | injection | refirgerate | diphteria, tetanus, and/or pertussis |