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Bacterial Infections and Mycoses
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Program Evaluation For Tdap Immunization Standing Orders In A Birthing Hospital, Helen Crean Taugher
Program Evaluation For Tdap Immunization Standing Orders In A Birthing Hospital, Helen Crean Taugher
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Newborn infants are vulnerable to pertussis infections. Although the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommends that babies begin their diphtheria, tetanus and acellular pertussis (DTaP) immunization series at two months of age, the minimum age for administration of the vaccine is six weeks of age (Centers for Disease Control [CDC], 2008). Young infants are at risk for whooping cough infection transmitted from parents, siblings and care-givers during the pre-vaccination period in the first two months of life, particularly pertussis transmitted from their mothers. Since the licensure of adult/adolescent formulations of tetanus, diphtheria and acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccine in 2005, …