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EPI Vaccination Schedule and Guidelines

This document outlines the Philippine Expanded Program on Immunization schedule. It provides details on various vaccines including Bacillus Calmette-Guérin, PENTAVALENT, Oral Polio Vaccine, Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine, Inactivated Polio Vaccine, Hepatitis B Vaccine, and MMR. For each vaccine, it specifies the minimum age for the first dose, number of doses, dose amount, administration route, and injection site. It also provides general guidelines for the vaccination schedule and administration of vaccines.

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EPI Vaccination Schedule and Guidelines

This document outlines the Philippine Expanded Program on Immunization schedule. It provides details on various vaccines including Bacillus Calmette-Guérin, PENTAVALENT, Oral Polio Vaccine, Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine, Inactivated Polio Vaccine, Hepatitis B Vaccine, and MMR. For each vaccine, it specifies the minimum age for the first dose, number of doses, dose amount, administration route, and injection site. It also provides general guidelines for the vaccination schedule and administration of vaccines.

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  • Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI)

Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI)

Vaccine Minimum Age Number Dose Route Site

at 1st Dose of Doses

Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) At birth 1 0.05 mL Intradermal Right arm/deltoid or


buttocks
● tuberculosis
● Do not press the injection site
● Do not wipe cotton with alcohol
● Nee to be diluted (2 ampules)
● Booster dose- 7 years old or
school entrance

PENTAVALENT (Diphtheria-Pertussis- 1 ½ month, 3 0.5 mL Deep IM Right Thigh


Tetanus or DPT- Haemophilus
influenzae type b or Hib-Hepatitis B) 2 ½ months,
Vaccine
3 ½ months
(DPT-Hep B-HiB)

● Watch out for seizures and


convulsions
● Very painful/ risk for fever
● Advise mother to give
paracetamol before or after

Oral Polio Vaccine 1 ½ month, 3 2-3 drops Oral Mouth

(OPV) 2 ½ months,

● For polio 3 ½ months

Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine 1 ½ month, 3 0.5mL Deep IM Left Thigh

(PCV) 2 ½ months,

● Pulmonya, meningitis 3 ½ months

Inactivated Polio Vaccine 3 ½ month 1 0.5mL Deep IM Left Thigh (2 fingers


below PCV)
(IPV)

● For polio

Hepatitis B Vaccine At birth 3 0.5 mL Deep IM Right Thigh


(HBV)

● Hepatitis B

MMR (Measles – Mumps – Rubella) 9 months, 2 0.5 mL Subcutaneous Left Deltoid/Arm


Vaccine
1 year
(MMR)

● Tigdas, beke, german measles


● To reduce the severity prevent
severe complications
● Take the vaccine on the exact
day or the day after

● The vaccination schedule should not be restarted from the beginning even if the interval between doses
exceeds the recommended interval by months or years.
● Giving doses of vaccine at less than the recommended 4 weeks interval may lessen the antibody response
● Lengthening the interval between doses of the vaccine gives to higher antibody levels
● No extra doses must be given to children who miss a dose of DPT, HPV, and OPV
● The vaccination must be continued as it no time lapse
● Strictly follow the principles of never ever reconstituting the phrase drive vaccine in anything other than the
daily wants to supply with them
● Do not use any other diluent other than the diluent supply for the vaccine
● If you’re giving more than one vaccine, do not use the same syringe and do not use the same arm or leg for
more than one injection
● Contraindication anaphylaxis or severe hypersensitivity reaction to a previous dose of vaccine is an absolute
contraindication to subsequent doses of vaccine
● A person with a known allergy to a vaccine component should not get vaccinated

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