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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].
- In the chapter entitled The UK immunisation programme, the Green Book states that 'If any course of immunisation is interrupted, it should be resumed and completed as soon as possible. There is no need start any course of immunisation again' [DH, 2006b]. This applies to vaccination for diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, poliomyelitis, H. influenzae, measles, mumps, and rubella.
- However, children over 2 years of age have passed the period of most risk for pneumococcal disease, and do not require full immunization with PCV [DH, 2006a; DH, 2006k].
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