Flu Vax

Reference

• Aus Imm Handbook Flu

Vaccination

• Recommended for everyone > 6 months of age

• Especially

  • Kids 6mo to 5 years

  • Adults > 65 years

  • ATSI

  • Medical conditions

  • Pregnant women

  • Health care workers and Aged Care Facility

  • Homeless

  • Pork and poultry workers

Medical conditions at higher risk of severe flu

• Immune compromised

• Cardiac disease

• Trisomy 21

• Obesity

• Chronic respiratory, liver, neuro or other illness

• Long-term aspirin therapy in kids

• Prem

Dose

• 1 dose annually

• 2 doses 4 weeks apart for

  • Kids 6 months to 9 years receiving vaccine for the first time

  • Receiving vaccine after stem cell or solid organ tansplant

• Recommended in pregnancy

Adverse Events

• Common (10%) = Inject site redness, pain, swelling

• Rare (1 to 10%) = Fever, Malaise, Myalgia

  • Starts a few hours after vaccination and may last 1-2 days

• Very rare = Hives, Angioedema

• GBS, Anaphylaxis = 1 in 1,000,000