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