|
VACCINE |
DEFERRAL TIME |
|
Anthrax |
Accept if well |
|
BCG |
8 weeks and until area is healed |
|
Botulism |
Accept if well |
|
Cholera |
Accept if well |
|
Covid 19 Approved Vaccine e.g. Pfizer / BioNTech, Moderna ,Astra Zeneca ,J&J (Janssen) |
48 hours if well |
|
Diphtheria |
Accept if well |
|
Gardasil (Cervical Cancer Vaccine)/ HPV (Human Papillomavirus) |
Accept if well |
|
Influenza (Flu) by injection |
Accept if well |
|
Hepatitis A |
Accept if well and if no exposure |
|
Hepatitis B |
4 WEEKS (28 days) 4 months if vaccine was received post exposure, e.g. human bite, blood splash or needle stick injury# 12 months if Hepatitis B Immunoglobulin was given |
|
Japanese Encephalitis |
Accept if well |
|
Measles, Mumps, Rubella (MMR) |
8 WEEKS |
|
Meningococcal vaccine |
Accept if well |
|
Monkeypox vaccine (Imvanex) |
Accept if well. See IBTS/MED/GDE/0011 Defer for 4 months if post contact |
|
Pertussis |
Accept if well |
|
Pneumococcal |
Accept if well |
|
Polio (oral) |
8 weeks |
|
Polio (by injection) |
Accept if well |
|
Rabies |
Accept if well |
|
Rubella |
8 weeks |
|
Smallpox |
8 weeks |
|
Shingles |
If shingles vaccine name is uncertain assume live vaccine and defer for 8 weeks |
|
Shingles (Shingrix) Non-live |
Accept if well. |
|
Shingles (Zostavax) LIVE |
8 weeks. |
|
Tetanus |
Accept if well if given as a vaccination i.e. pre travel Defer for 4 weeks if immunoglobulin was given i.e. administered due to injury |
|
Tick-borne Encephalitis |
Accept if well |
|
Tuberculin (TB) |
Await test results |
|
Typhoid (oral) |
8 weeks |
|
Typhoid (injection) |
Accept if well |
|
Varicella (Chickenpox) |
8 weeks |
|
Yellow Fever |
8 weeks |
| IBTS/MEDD/DSGDE/0001 | Attachment 4.532 | Ver 1.1 |