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Meningococcal

Splenectomy factsheet for health professionals

This guidance is for health professionals who deal with adults or children with no functioning spleen or splenic dysfunction and includes a suggested schedule of immunisation.

This guidance is for health professionals who deal with adults or children with no functioning spleen or splenic dysfunction and includes a suggested schedule of immunisation.

Advice on giving infant paracetamol after MenB vaccination

This factsheet offers advice on giving infant paracetamol after the meningitis B vaccination that is offered to infants aged 8 to 16 weeks.

This factsheet offers advice on giving infant paracetamol after  the meningitis B vaccination that is offered to infants aged two months and four months.

Meningococcal ACWY programme for adolescents

This factsheet explains about the Meningitis ACWY vaccination that is offered to teenagers aged 14-18 and young people starting university.

 

This factsheet explains about the new Meningitis ACWY vaccination that is to be offered to teenagers aged 14-18 and young people starting university.

The new Meningitis ACWY vaccination will be offered from August 2015.

Immunisation for babies up to a year old (English and translations)

This booklet provides information on the routine immunisations that are given to babies up to a year old to protect them from serious childhood diseases.

Translations are of the 2017 leaflet, some details may vary.

Immunisation guidance notes for professionals

This booklet provides guidance for professionals on the childhood immunisation schedule.

Immunisation for babies just after their first birthday (English and translations)

This booklet provides the facts about the vaccines babies will receive just after their first birthday: the first MMR vaccine and the PCV, Hib/Men C and Men B booster vaccines.

Meningococcal disease

The commonest form of bacterial meningitis is caused by infection with Neisseria Meningitidis.

Meningococcal disease may present as meningitis (inflammation of the brain meninges) and/or septicaemia (blood poisoning) and is most common during the winter months.

Case definitions

Confirmed case: Clinical diagnosis of meningitis, septicaemia or other invasive disease AND at least one of:

Teenage immunisations for ages 14 to 18 (English and translations)

This booklet explains about the routine immunisations that are offered to all young people before they leave school.

 

Translations are of the 2015 leaflet, some details may vary.

This booklet explains about the routine immunisations that are offered to all young people before they leave school.

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