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Immunizations - travel vaccinations - Management
Can I give more than one vaccine at the same time?
- Inactivated vaccines (e.g. tetanus, poliomyelitis, injectable typhoid, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, quadrivalent meningococcal meningitis vaccine, rabies, Japanese encephalitis, tick-borne encephalitis):
- Can be given at the same time as each other, but should be given using separate syringes and at different sites on the body.
- If inactivated vaccines are not administered on the same day, there is no need to observe a specific interval between administering them.
- Live vaccines (e.g. yellow fever):
- Can be given at the same time as each other, using separate syringes and at different sites on the body.
- If live vaccines are not administered on the same day, they should be separated from other live vaccines by an interval of at least 4 weeks.
- No interval need be observed between the administration of live vaccines and inactivated vaccines.
- If in doubt, seek expert opinion.
Basis for recommendation
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