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If Menactra is given to an infant instead of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, what do I do?

April 26, 2017conjugate given infant menactra pneumococcal vaccine

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If Menactra is given to an infant instead of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, what do I do?

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Menactra is not licensed for infants so of course this dose is invalid. It does not provide any protection from Pneumococcus, so you need to give a dose of Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine. This can be given immediately, with no need for spacing, because Menactra and pneumococcal conjugate vaccine are two separate inactivated vaccines.