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1. Question: Name the most common allergic response to the !u vaccine,
2. Question: What are the most current recommendations for vaccination of patients near the end of life, including hospice patients?
3. Question: What is the maximum number of doses of PPSV23 that can be given to high-risk older adults 65 or older?
4. Question: Which influenza vaccine is recommended for the older adult?
5. Question: You have an 89-year-old patient on hospice care in a long-term care facility. The protocol is for flu vaccine to be given to all patients each fall. Would you vaccinate? Why, or why not?
6. Question: Describe the recommended schedule for Hepatitis B vaccination in patients on hemodialysis, peritoneal, and home dialysis.
7. Question: Please list which immunizations you would give to your 65-year-old patient with HIV infection and a CD4 count of 200/mm or greater.
8. Question: When counseling your older patients about vaccinations before traveling overseas, what vaccine (according to CDC guidelines) would you caution them about receiving?
9. Question: You are caring for older adults in a nursing home. As a general rule, patients over 65 years of age and in general good health can receive which immunizations?
10. Question: D. is a 78-year-old woman who does not remember if she has ever had the immunization for herpes zoster. She does remember having chicken pox as a child. What would you recommend for her?