Saturday, February 27, 2016

Pneumococcal Vaccine in Pediatric

Availability:
  • Pneumococcal Vaccine  Polyvalent (Pneumox 23)
  • Pneumococcal Vaccine, Conjugate, 13 Valent (Prevenar 13)
Recommendation:

Missed / Catch-up Doses:
Unvaccinated high risk children 2-5 years
  • give 2 doses of PCV 13 (6-8weeks apart)
  • Administer 1 dose of PPSV23 to children age 2 years and older at least 8 weeks after the child has received the final dose of PCV13 (if possible). 
  • Children with an immunocompromising condition, or functional or anatomic asplenia should receive a second dose of PPSV23 5 years after the first PPSV23
  • PPSV23 can be given for children above 2 years
Unvaccinated healthy children 2-5 years
  • single dose of PCV 13 
Reference:
  1. www.immunize.org/catg.d/p3086
  2. Malaysian Paediatric Protocols, 3rd edition.

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