Vaccination in the primary care setting: when is it safe to proceed?
- Author:
Hui Lee Sharon NGOH
1
;
Mark Chung Wai NG
1
Author Information
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords: false contraindication; primary care; vaccination
- MeSH: Humans; Primary Health Care; standards; Public Health; Safety; Vaccination; methods; standards
- From:Singapore medical journal 2016;57(1):3-7
- CountrySingapore
- Language:English
- Abstract: Primary care practitioners play an important role in administering and advocating vaccinations against vaccine-preventable infectious diseases and ensuring herd immunity in our population. This is a follow-up article to an earlier one which dealt with the principles of vaccine scheduling and administration. This article describes several false contraindications to vaccination that a primary care practitioner may encounter, including pregnancy, current breastfeeding, history of febrile seizures, and having immunosuppressed or pregnant household contacts. We aimed to provide a guide for safe and timely vaccine administration in the primary care setting.
