Fast Five Quiz: Pediatric Vaccination Schedule

Abimbola Farinde, PharmD, PhD

July 15, 2021

Figure 1. Illustration of a vaccine being injected intramuscularly.

The first dose of hepatitis B vaccine should be administered within first 12 hours of birth. Vaccines against diphtheria, tetanus, and acellular pertussis; pneumococcal conjugate; and inactivated poliovirus should be administered starting at age 2 months, along with rotavirus and Haemophilus influenzae type b.

Learn more about the pediatric vaccination schedule.

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