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Vaccination
|
VACCINE |
DEFERRAL TIME |
|
Anthrax |
48 hours if well |
|
BCG |
8 weeks and until area is healed |
|
Botulism |
48 hours if well |
|
Cholera |
48 hours if well |
|
Diphtheria |
48 hours if well |
|
Gardisil (Cervical Cancer Vaccine) |
48 hours if well
|
|
Influenza (Flu) |
48 hours if well |
|
Hepatitis A |
48 hours if well and if no exposure |
|
Hepatitis B |
4 WEEKS 4 months if vaccine was received post exposure, e.g. human bite, blood splash or needlestick injury |
|
HPV (Human Papillomavirus) |
48 hours if well |
|
Japanese Encephalitis |
48 hours if well |
|
Measles, Mumps, Rubella (MMR) |
8 WEEKS
|
|
Pneumococcal |
48 hours if well |
|
Polio |
8 weeks |
|
Rabies |
48 hours 1 year if post exposure i.e. animal bite |
|
Rubella |
8 weeks |
|
Smallpox |
8 weeks |
|
Tetanus |
48 hours if well |
|
Tick-borne Encephalitis |
48 hours if well Post exposure: REFER |
|
Tuberculin (TB) |
Await test results |
|
Typhoid (oral) |
8 weeks |
|
Typhoid (injection) |
48 hours if well |
|
Varicella (Chickenpox) |
8 weeks |
|
Yellow Fever |
8 weeks |
