Pediatria pre prax S1/2007

KNOW-HOW FOR VACCINATION CLINIC

Most frequent questions of primary and secondary care pediatricians addressed to the Vaccination Clinics at the 2. Department of Pediatrics of the University Children’s Hospital concern the introduction of new vaccines, reassessment of contraindications for vaccination against pertussis, contraindications to vaccination in children with allergy to egg-proteins, unwanted reactions following vaccination, vaccination of patients suffering from chronic diseases and problems of keeping necesaqry intervals between individual vaccines. Collaboration of the Vaccination Clinics with primary care pediatricians is frequently complicated by getting insufficient information about the patients, on her/his complaints or by missing documentation on previous vaccinations. Vaccination clinic aspiration is to insure consultations for general pediatritians and in indicated cases of severe adverse events complete the vaccination during hospitalization on the second lower limb.

Keywords: intervals between vaccinations, contraindications, caution, adverse events, chronically ill patients and vaccination.