Vaccine Administration – Medarchitect

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Vaccine Administration

Vaccine administration routes include:

  • Oral route: administered by mouth
  • Subcutaneous route: injected into the area just beneath the skin into the fatty, connective tissue
  • Intramuscular route: injected into muscle tissue
  • Intradermal route: injected into layers of the skin
  • Intranasal route: administered into the nose

Different Types of Vaccines:

Vaccine type Vaccines of this type on U.S. Recommended Childhood (ages 0-6) Immunization Schedule
Live, attenuated Measles, mumps, rubella (MMR combined vaccine)
Varicella (chickenpox)
Influenza (nasal spray)
Rotavirus
Inactivated/Killed Polio (IPV)
Hepatitis A
Toxoid (inactivated toxin) Diphtheria, tetanus (part of DTaP combined immunization)
Subunit/conjugate Hepatitis B
Influenza (injection)
Haemophilus influenza type b (Hib)
Pertussis (part of DTaP combined immunization)
Pneumococcal
Meningococcal


Vaccinations schedule

Name of Vaccine

Age

How many shots?

Hepatitis B

Birth

A second at 1–2 months, a third at 6–18 months

Rotavirus (RV)

2 months

A second at 4 months, a third at 6 months

Diphtheria, tetanus, and whooping cough (DTaP)

2 months

A second at 4 months, a third at 6 months, a fourth at 16–18 months; then every 10 years

Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib)

2 months

A second at 4 months, a third at 6 months, a fourth at 12–15 months

Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine PCV13

2 months

A second at 4 months, a third at 6 months, a fourth between months 12 and 15

Inactivated Polio Vaccine (IPV)

2 months

A second at 4 months, a third at 6–18 months, a fourth at 4 to 6 years

Influenza

6 months

Repeat yearly

Measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR)

12–15 months

A second at 4–6 years

Varicella

12–15 months

A second at 4–6 years

Hepatitis A

12–23 months

A second at 6 months after the first

Human papillomavirus (HPV)

11–12 years old

2-shot series 6 months apart

Meningococcal conjugate (MenACWY)

11–12 years old

Booster at 16 years old

serogroup B meningococcal (MenB)

16–18 years old

Pneumococcal (PPSV23)

19–65+ years old

Herpes zoster (Shingles—RZV formulation)

two doses at 50 years old