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Immunizations - childhood vaccination programme - Management
'Real life' examples of children missing doses of vaccine
- A girl presents just after her fourth birthday having only had standard vaccine at 2 months:
- Give one dose of dTaP/IPV/Hib, MenC, and MMR immediately.
- After 1 month, give another dose of dTaP/IPV/Hib.
- After 3 months, give another dose of MMR.
- After at least 1 year, give a dose of dTaP/IPV or DTaP/IPV.
- A boy presents at 5 years of age who has completed his first year's vaccines, but has had none since:
- Immediately give one dose of DTaP/IPV/Hib and MenC, or one dose of DTaP/IPV and Hib/MenC. Give one dose of MMR.
- After 3 months, give another dose of MMR.
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