IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE

CHILDHOOD IMMUNISATION RECORD

This is the immunization schedule recommended by the Indian academy of paediatrics.
The schedule may be modified by your doctor.
Additional vaccines may be given under special circumstances.
Vaccines are usually safe. The benefits of vaccination out weigh any risk associated with the immunization.
All vaccines though properly given may not give full protection from the disease.
Immunisation Schedule

Birth	BCG Oral Polio Vaccine – 1st dose Hepatitis B Vaccine – 1st dose
6 Weeks	DPT – 1st dose Oral Polio Vaccine – 2nd dose   Hepatitis B Vaccine – 2nd dose
10 Weeks	DPT – 2nd dose Oral Polio Vaccine – 3rd dose
14 Weeks	DPT- 3rd dose Oral Polio Vaccine – 4th dose   Oral Polio Vaccine – 5th dose
6-9 Months	Hepatitis B Vaccine – 3rd dose
9 Months	Measles Vaccine
15-18 Months	MMR (Measles, Mumps, Rubella)
18-24 Months	DPT – 1st booster dose Oral Polio Vaccine – 6th dose
5 Years	DPT – 2nd booster dose Oral Polio Vaccine – 7th dose
10 Years	TT (Tetanus) – 3rd booster dose Hepatitis B Vaccine booster dose
15-16 Years	TT (Tetanus) – 4th booster dose

OPTIONAL VACCINES

Typhoid and Heamophilus Influenza type b vaccines are optional.

Vaccines that should be refrigerated, but not frozen (stored at 2-8 C)

• BCG
• Cholera
• Diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus (separate or in combination)
• Haemophilus influenzae type
• Hepatitis A
• Hepatitis B
• Inactivated poliomyelitis
• Influenza virus
• Japanese encephalitis virus
• Measles, mumps, rubella (separate or in combination)
• Meningococcal
• Plague
• Pneumococcal, polyvalent
• Rabies
• Typhoid

Vaccines that should be frozen (stored at -15 C)

• Oral poliomyelitis
• Varicella (store diluent at room temperature or refrigerate)
• Yellow fever

Stability of unreconstituted vaccines at room temperature

• BCG: 6-8 hrs
• DPT (diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus): 72 hrs
• Haemophilus influenzae type b: 24 hrs
• Hepatitis A: 7 days
• Hepatitis B: 48 hrs
• Inactivated poliomyelitis: 4 days
• Influenza virus: 7 days
• Measles: 24 hrs
• MMR (measles, mumps, rubella): 7 days
• Pneumococcal, polyvalent: 30 days
• Rabies: 7 days
• Tetanus toxoid: indefinite
• Yellow fever: 4 days