What are the recommended and minimum intervals between pneumococcal conjugate vaccine doses?
• A. The recommended interval between the first three doses of PCV-7 given to children younger than 12 months is eight weeks. The minimum interval is four weeks. The minimum age for the fourth dose is 12 months, and there must be at least eight weeks between the third and fourth doses. • Should an adult who has asplenia or had a hematopoietic stem cell transplant receive Haemophilus influenzae type B (Hib) vaccine, even though the vaccine is licensed for children younger than 72 months? • A. Yes. The Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant recommendations released a few years ago specifically recommended that Hib vaccine should be given to these adults. A single pediatric dose of Hib vaccine should be administered to people without spleens and those who have had a stem cell transplant. *After release of the Summer 2004 Immunization Newsletter, there was some confusion about varicella vaccine being stored in a freezer box. A freezer box is a box that you may have received with your FluMist o
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