General information about vaccinations

Combination vaccines

All vaccines prescribed for a child at a given age must be administered simultaneously in different syringes into different parts of the body, since manipulation of syringes and vaccines is fraught with technical errors.

Conditions of storage and transportation of vaccines

Violations of the temperature regime can cause serious complications. Overheating of the vaccine leads to a decrease in its immunogenicity, freezing of adsorbed vaccines - to their desorption with a rapid entry of antigens into the blood and the development of an allergic reaction.

Vaccination of persons with chronic diseases

Bronchial asthma - vaccination against influenza and pneumococcal infection (hereinafter - the polysaccharide vaccine Pneumo23) is especially recommended.

Vaccinations for healthy children

Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) infection - vaccinations against it have been recommended by the Ministry of Health for more than 10 years, the cost of vaccination has significantly decreased during this time (Act-Hib and Hiberix vaccines), the Hib component is included in the recently registered Pentaxim vaccine (DPT + IPV + Hib)

Vaccinations when traveling abroad

The list of mandatory vaccinations for international travelers is down to one - against yellow fever - for those travelling to endemic areas. Saudi Arabia requires vaccination against meningococcal infection (types A, C, Y and W-135) for those performing the Hajj.

Calendar of preventive vaccinations

The National Calendar of Preventive Vaccinations adopted in Russia in 2002 provided protection against 9 vaccine-preventable infections. It contained a provision on the simultaneous administration of all vaccines prescribed for a child by age (in different parts of the body), justified by both immunological data and data on the absence of an increase in the frequency of adverse reactions and complications.