Chapter 83- Vaccines and Toxoids

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IMPORTANT NOTE – PLEASE READ FIRST: This continuing education assessment requires that you first purchase the text book: Pharmacotherapy Principles & Practice. Please go to our home page: http://www.rxugace.com/ and click on “Books” for more information Prior To Registering for this assessment.

Upon completion of the corresponding textbook chapter in Pharmacotherapy Principles & Practice and this on-line assessment, the reader should be able to:

1. Define vaccination and immunization.
2. Classify each of the routine vaccines as an inactivated, polysaccharide, conjugate, toxoid, or subunit vaccine.
3. Describe the effect of each routine vaccine on preventing infection.
4. Recommend an immunization schedule for a child, including immunocompromised children.
5. Recommend an immunization schedule for an adult based on co-morbid conditions and lifestyle issues.
6. Evaluate an adverse reaction and its probable association with a vaccine.

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