Assessment of Novel Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccination Scheduled in UK Infants

Launched by PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND · Sep 27, 2016

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ClinConnect Summary

The UK Department of Health provides a routine vaccination schedule for children in the UK which is administered by GP surgeries. The schedule is updated by the addition of antigens and amendment of products and schedules over time to improve the protection afforded to the paediatric population and the overall cost-effectiveness of the programme.

It is now well established that the effects of giving different vaccines and antigens together, as well as the order and numbers of doses given for priming and boosting, can affect the immunological responses they elicit. For example co-administra...

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Infants due to receive their primary immunisations , aged up to 13 weeks on first vaccinations.
• • Written informed consent given by mother who is aged ≥\>= 16 years \[NB mother is preferable as consent also allows permission to record the date of pertussis immunisation in pregnancy, which may need to be verified in her medical record. Where mother is not available, consent may be taken from father or legal guardian and maternal pertussis status noted as not known\]
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Bleeding disorder
• • Fulfil any of the contraindications to vaccination as specified in The Green Book \[https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/public-health-england/series/immunisation-against-infectious-disease-the-green-book\]