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Vaccine
Content
Form &
# of
Age at
Interval between
Protection
Route
Dosage
Doses
1 dose
At birth
6 weeks
4 weeks
DPT
IM
6weeks
4weeks
Poliomyelitis
Oral
@ birth
HepaB
IM
st
dose
Freeze
dried
BCG
Live
infant-
attenuated
0.05ml
ID
bacteria
Preschool0.1ml
DTweakened
DPT
toxin
liquid-0.5ml
P-killed
bacteria
OPV
Hepa B
weakened
liquid-
virus
2drops
Plasma
Liquid-
derivative
0.5ml
@birth,6 week,14
th
week
th
Measles
Weakened
Freeze
virus
dried- 0.5ml
9m0s.11m0s.
measles
Subcutaneo
us
Vaccine
TT1
Minimum age
interval
As early as
possible
% protected
Duration of
Protection
0%
TT2
4 weeks later
80%
3 years
TT3
6 months later
95%
5 years
TT4
1year
99%
10 years
later/during
next pregnany
1 year
TT5
later/third
99%
Lifetime
pregnancy
Transport-use cold bags, let it stand in room temperature for a while before storing DPT.
Half life packs: 4hours-BCG, DPT, Polio, 8 hours-measles, TT, Hepa B.
FEFO (first expiry and first out) vaccine is practiced to assure that all vaccines are utilized before the
expiry date.
Proper arrangement of vaccines and/or labeling of vaccines expiry date are done to identify those near to
expire vaccines.