UK Vaccinations

What feature is a contraindication to vaccination?

What is the correct management of suspected anaphylaxis post-vaccination?

Which organisation provides UK vaccination guidelines?

What diseases are vaccinated against during the first 6 months from birth?

You attend a 9-month-old child for bronchiolitis and begin asking about their past medical history and vaccination record. How many rounds of vaccinations would you expect to see according to the current UK vaccination schedule?

Tetanus infections are caused by bacteria found in the environment (such as soil) and are not passed from person to person. Does this mean that herd immunity can play a role in reducing infections?

You attend a 45-year-old who has sustained a heavily soil-contaminated laceration wound on their hand whilst gardening. You clean and dress the wound on scene; however, you are concerned it is quite deep and may require suturing. The patient refuses further treatment and states he will manage it himself. You ask about tetanus immunisation, and he states he is fully vaccinated from his time in school. Does this patient require any further follow-up?

At the end of 2025, which age group may not have received the current UK school vaccination schedule for tetanus and therefore may not be fully protected?

You attend a 13-year-old female (for an unrelated issue) and find that she has been offered the HPV vaccine at school, but her parents refused. What is the most appropriate response?

The HPV vaccine was introduced to immunise patients against high-risk strains of the human papillomavirus. These strains are the most common cause of which of the following diseases?

Which vaccination was falsely linked to autism, leading to public concern and reduced vaccination uptake in children (this link has since been discredited by multiple studies)?

The MMR vaccine (now MMRV due to the addition of varicella/chickenpox) introduces weakened forms of the diseases into patients. What type of vaccine is this classed as?

All vaccines contain some form of live, albeit weakened, element of the disease they protect against. 

Why may some patients not be able to receive live-attenuated vaccines?

The meningitis B vaccine protects against all bacterial causes of meningitis.

The Meningitis ACWY vaccine (introduced in 2015 for Year 9/10 pupils) is available free of charge to which age group if they are unsure whether they received it?