Immunization and Vaccine-Preventable Diseases — Flashcards

Flashcard 21: List the freeze-dried (lyophilized) vaccines:

Answer: • BCG • Measles / MR • Yellow Fever • JE Mnemonic: **MY BJ** *Note: These vaccines are NOT part of the Open Vial Policy.*

Extra: Reconstituted vaccines must be used within 4–6 hours (as per program guidelines) and cannot be stored. They are sensitive to heat but resistant to freezing (unlike liquid vaccines).

Flashcard 22: What is eVIN?

Answer: Electronic Vaccine Intelligence Network

Flashcard 23: Contact VAPP is due to the _____ strain of polio

Answer: P2

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Answer: age limit for vaccine schedule-MCQ AIIMS 18

Extra: MCQ-which vaccines for a 13 month old boy-at 1st visit 

Flashcard 25: there are _____ rounds of immunisation campaign in intensified mission indradhanush programme

Answer: 4

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Flashcard 26: vaccine vial monitor(VVM) has _____ as indicator

Answer: paratoluene sulfonate(PTS)

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Answer: national immunisation schedule

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Answer: age limit for vaccine schedule-MCQ AIIMS 18

Extra: MCQ-which vaccines for a 13 month old boy-at 1st visit 

Flashcard 29: Shanchol vaccine for cholera is effective for _____

Answer: 3 years

Extra: Shanchol and Euvichol are bivalent killed whole-cell oral cholera vaccines (OCV). They are given in two doses, 14 days apart, and provide protection for up to 3–5 years.

Flashcard 30: ILR (ice-lined refrigerator) can maintain the cold chain for _____ hours without electricity (hold-over time).

Answer: 24-48

Extra: Hold-over time is the duration for which the temperature remains between +2°C to +8°C during power failure (provided the lid is not opened). • ILR: 24–48 hours • Cold box: 2–7 days • Vaccine carrier: 12–48 hours • Day carrier: 6–8 hours Note: ILR requires at least 8 hours of electricity supply in a 24-hour period to maintain the cold chain.