Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Reccomended vaccines for childhood


What childhood vaccines are recommended, and at what ages they should be given?

Hepatitis B vaccine:
  1. First dose at birth to 2 months
  2. Second dose at 1 to 4 months
  3. Third dose at 6 to 18 months
Hib vaccine:
  1. First dose at 2 months
  2. Second dose at 4 months
  3. Third dose at 6 months
  4. Fourth dose at 12 to 15 months
Polio vaccine:
  1. First dose at 2 months
  2. Second dose at 4 months
  3. Third dose at 6 to 18 months
  4. Fourth dose at 4 to 6 years
DTaP vaccine:
  1. First dose at 2 months
  2. Second dose at 4 months
  3. Third dose at 6 months
  4. Fourth dose at 15 to 18 months
  5. Fifth dose at 4 to 6 years
  6. DTaP is recommended at 11 years
Pneumococcal vaccine:
  1. First dose at 2 months
  2. Second dose at 4 months
  3. Third dose at 6 months
  4. Fourth dose at 12 to 18 months
Rotavirus vaccine:
  1. First dose at 2 months
  2. Second dose at 4 months
  3. Third dose at 6 months
Hepatitis A vaccine:
  1. First dose at 12 months
  2. Second dose at 18 months
Influenza vaccine:
  1. First dose at 6 months (requires a booster one month after initial vaccine)
  2. Annually until 5 years (then yearly if indicated or desired, according to risks)
MMR vaccine:
  1. First dose at 12 to 15 months
  2. Second dose at 4 to 6 years
Varicella vaccine:
  1. First dose at 12 to 15 months
  2. Second dose at 4 to 6 years
Meningococcal vaccine:
  1. Single dose at 11 years
Human papillomavirus vaccine (adolescent girls only):
  1. First dose at 11 years
  2. Second dose two months after first dose
  3. Third dose six months after first dose

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