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Immunizations - childhood vaccination programme - Management
Basis for recommendation
These recommendations are based on government policy as discussed in Immunisation against infectious disease (the 'Green Book'), published by the Department of Health [DH, 2006d].
- Vaccinations against influenza, tuberculosis, hepatitis B, and chickenpox are not part of the Childhood Immunization Programme, but are recommended when:
- The child is at greater than normal risk of the disease.
- The consequences of infection to the child are greater than normal.
- The child is in contact with a person for whom infection would pose a greater than normal risk.
- Additional vaccination with the pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (PPV) and the new pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (Prevenar 13®) is required in some children who are at high risk of pneumococcal disease, to provide immunity into adulthood, principally against pneumococcal pneumonia [Salisbury, 2010].
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