Vaccination Schedules

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Non-Indigenous Vaccination Schedule

Age	Vaccine Free	Brand Name
Birth	Paediatric HepB	H-B-VAX II
2 months	7vPCV DTPa-IPV-HepB-Hib Rotarix (Rotavirus) (administered orally)	PREVENAR INFANRIX HEXA Rotarix
4 months	7vPCV DTPa-IPV-HepB-Hib Rotarix (Rotavirus) (administered orally)	PREVENAR INFANRIX HEXA Rotarix
6 months	7vPCV DTPa-IPV-HepB-Hib	PREVENAR INFANRIX HEXA
12 months	MMR Hib MenCCV	PRIORIX PEDVAXHIB NEISVAC-C
18 months	VZV	VARILRIX
4 years	MMR DTPa-IPV	PRIORIX INFRANRIX-IPV
12 years	Hepatitis B Varicella (VZV) Diptheria, tetanus and acellular pertussis (dTpa) Human Papilloma Virus (Gardasil), three vaccines given (first injections then 2 months apart and then 3 months apart). Available for females only from 12 - 26 years of age. Only available until June 2009.

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Age	Vaccine Free	Brand Name
Birth	Paediatric HepB	H-B-VAX II
2 months	7vPCV DTPa-IPV-HepB Hib Rotarix (Rotavirus) (administered orally)	PREVENAR INFANRIX PENTA PEDVAXHIB Rotarix
4 months	7vPCV DTPa-IPV-HepB Hib Rotarix (Rotavirus) (administered orally)	PREVENAR INFANRIX PENTA PEDVAXHIB Rotarix
6 months	7vPCV DTPa-IPV-HepB	PREVENAR INFANRIX PENTA
12 months	MMR Hib MenCCV Peadiatric HepA	PRIORIX PEDVAXHIB NEISVAC-C VAQTA
18 months	23vPPV VZV Paediatric HepA	PNEUMOVAX23 VARILRIX VAQTA
4 years	MMR DTPa-IPV	PRIORIX INFRANRIX-IPV

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Notes

Hepatitis B vaccine (hepB) should be given to all infants at birth and should not be delayed beyond 7 days after birth. Infants whose mothers are hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) positive should also be given hepatitis B immunigloblin (HBIG) within 12 hours of birth.
Wherever possible the same brand of DTPa should be used at 2, 4 and 6 months of age
Inactivated Polio Vaccine (IPV) is an acceptable alternative to Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV) but IPV is not free for routine vaccination. IPV must be used if the child or close contacts are immunosupporessed.
Adolescent hepatitis B vaccination is not necessary for those children who have previously had three doses of hepatitis B vaccine at the appropriate intervals
In Western Australia this deptheria-tetanus vaccine booster cna be given any time after the 10th birthday
Routine 10 yearly dephtheria-tetanus boosters are no longer recommended provided a person has had a 3 dose primary vaccination course and at least 2 dephtheria-tetanus boosters. A single diphtheria-tetanus booster is recommended at 50 years of age unless the person had had a booster within 10 years.
Pneumococcal vaccine for non-indigenous people 65 years and older is free.

The following table describes the most common vaccines and their brand names in use in Australia

Disease	Vaccine	Brand Name (TM)
Hepatitis B	HepB	HB-Vax-11 or Engerix-B
Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis	DTPa	Infanrix or TRIPACEL
Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis, Hepatitis B	dtpA-HEPb	Infanrix-HepB
Haemophilus Influenzae Type B	Hib	PedvaxHIB or H
Haemophilus Influenzae Type B, Hepatitis B	Hib-hepB	COMVAX
Poliomyelitis	OPV	Polio sabin
Measles, Mumps, Rubella	MMR	MMRII or Priorix
Diphtheria, Tetanus	Td	ADT Vaccine
Influenza	Influenza	Fluarix and Fluvac or Vaxigrip or Flurivin
Pnenmococcal discease	Penumococcal	Pnenmovax23

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