IMMUNISATIONS
Birth
Hepatitis B
2 months
Hepatitis B
Diphtheria, tetanus and whooping cough (acellular pertussis) (DTPa)
Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib)
Polio (inactivated poliomyelitis IPV)
Pneumococcal conjugate (7vPCV)
4 months
Hepatitis B
Diphtheria, tetanus and whooping cough (acellular pertussis) (DTPa)
Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib)
Polio (inactivated poliomyelitis IPV)
Pneumococcal conjugate (7vPCV)
6 months
Hepatitis B (hepB)
Diphtheria, tetanus and whooping cough (acellular pertussis (DTPa)
Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib)
Polio (inactivated poliomyelitis) (IPV)
Pneumococcal conjugate (7vPCV)
12 months
Hepatitis B
Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib)
Measles, mumps and German measles (rubella) (MMR)
Meningococcal C (MenCCV)
12-24 months
Hepatitis A (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in high risk areas)
18 months
Chickenpox (varicella) (VZV)
18-24 months
Pneumococcal polysaccharide (23vPPV) (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in high risk areas)
Hepatitis A (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in high risk areas)
4 years
Diphtheria, tetanus and whooping cough (acellular pertussis) (DTPa)
Measles, mumps and German measles (rubella) (MMR)
Polio (inactivated poliomyelitis) (IPV)
10-13 years
Hepatitis B
Chickenpox (varicella) (VZV)
15-17 years
Diphtheria, tetanus and whooping cough (acellular pertussis) (dTPa)
15-49 years
Influenza (flu) (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who are medically at-risk)
Pneumococcal polysaccharide (23vPPV) (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who are medically at-risk)
50 years and over
Influenza (flu) (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people)
Pneumococcal polysaccharide (23vPPV) (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people)
65 years and over
Influenza (flu)
Pneumococcal polysaccharide (23vPPV)
Diseases
Hepatitis B
Virus that can cause liver infections and damage. Most people recover from the acute infection but may carry the hepatitis B virus long after recovering from symptoms. Some people develop chronic hepatitis, which can lead to liver failure and cancer.
Diptheria
An acute illness, diphtheria is caused by the bacteria Corynebacterium diphtheriae. Toxins produced by the bacteria affect the respiratory tract, nervous system, adrenal gland and heart muscle cells, and can also infect skin.
Tetanus
Toxins produced by bacteria affect the nervous system, causing symptoms such as muscle spasms; trismus (lockjaw); difficulty talking; difficulty breathing; and stiffness and/or pain in the shoulders, back and neck.
Pertussis
Can cause upper respiratory tract infections or pertussis pneumonia (lung infection). Symptoms include coughing and ‘whooping’, which can continue for a few months. Complications of the disease include hypoxic encephalopathy (lack of oxygen to the brain) leading to brain damage and possibly death.
Hib
A bacterium that causes meningitis (inflammation of a membrane surrounding the brain), epiglottitis (inflammation of a membrane in the larynx) and other serious infections in babies and children.
Polio
Poliovirus infection occurs in the gastrointestinal tract (stomach and gut). In 90 per cent of cases, the illness has no symptoms. Polio can cause meningitis and paralysis.
Pneumococcal
Causes meningitis; pneumonia; septicaemia/bacteraemia and middle ear and sinus infections. Symptoms differ in adults to children.
Measles
Symptoms include rash, fever, cough, runny nose and inflammation of the eye.
Complications of measles include ear, brain and lung infections, which can lead to brain damage and death.
Mumps
Mumps is a salivary gland infection. Complications include serious infection of other glands and body parts, hearing loss can occur due to nerve damage and mumps can cause sterility in some men.
Rubella
Symptoms are generally mild (especially in children) and may include a rash, lymphadenopathy (swollen lymph glands) and joint pain. Becoming infected with German measles in the first 8 - 10 weeks of pregnancy can cause abnormalities in the developing baby. These can be severe and include deafness, blindness, heart defects and mental retardation.
Meningococcal
Causes meningitis, and can cause septicaemia, pneumonia, arthritis and conjunctivitis.
Hepatits A
Virus that can cause liver infections and damage.
ChickenpoxInfection caused by the varicella-zoster virus, which belongs to the herpes group of viruses.
Polio
Poliovirus infection occurs in the gastrointestinal tract (stomach and gut). In 90 per cent of cases, the illness has no symptoms. Polio can cause meningitis and paralysis.
Pneumococcal
Causes meningitis; pneumonia; septicaemia/bacteraemia and middle ear and sinus infections. Symptoms differ in adults to children.
Measles
Symptoms include rash, fever, cough, runny nose and inflammation of the eye.
Complications of measles include ear, brain and lung infections, which can lead to brain damage and death.
Mumps
Mumps is a salivary gland infection. Complications include serious infection of other glands and body parts, hearing loss can occur due to nerve damage and mumps can cause sterility in some men.
Rubella
Symptoms are generally mild (especially in children) and may include a rash, lymphadenopathy (swollen lymph glands) and joint pain. Becoming infected with German measles in the first 8 - 10 weeks of pregnancy can cause abnormalities in the developing baby. These can be severe and include deafness, blindness, heart defects and mental retardation.
Meningococcal
Causes meningitis, and can cause septicaemia, pneumonia, arthritis and conjunctivitis.
Hepatits A
Virus that can cause liver infections and damage.
ChickenpoxInfection caused by the varicella-zoster virus, which belongs to the herpes group of viruses.
Source: http://www.immunise.health.gov.au
posted by Nougat Kids @ 6:13 PM
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