- Hep A: Travelers, primate workers, healthcare workers, people with clotting disorders, homosexuals, people with liver disease should all get. Killer virus. Given in 2 doses, 6 months apart.
- Heb B: 3 doses, first administered at birth.
- Meningococcal: People in close quarters like military barracks or college dorms should get.
- HPV: All females from age 9-26 hours, males from ages 13-21. It’s 3 shots.
- Rotavirus: something you catch early in life and it causes viral gastroenteritis. No need for vaccine later in life
- Women who are breastfeeding can get vaccines.
- Blood transfusions: if you are having a blood transfusion, hold MMR for 6 months, varicella for 5 months, you can give inactive vaccines at any time.
- MMR, varicella, and flu-mist are all live. Watch out in immune deficient patients.
- Sickel cell or asplenic patients: Patients aged 2 and over get Pneumovax every 5 years.
- Receiving steroids: if patient is receiving 2 mg/kg or >20 mg / day prednisone equivalents, avoid live vaccines
- IG – No live vaccines for 3-11 months.