A nurse at an immunization clinic is providing vaccines to children. The parent of a child waiting to receive vaccines tells the nurse that the child has an immune deficiency disorder
The nurse understands that which vaccine should not be administered to this child? a. Diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and acel-lular pertussis (DTaP) vaccine
b. Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) vac-cine
c. Polio injection
d. Varicella virus vaccine
D
The varicella vaccine should be avoided by individuals who are immunocompromised, which includes those infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and those who have a congenital immunodeficiency. The DTaP vaccine, Hib vaccine, and polio injection may be ad-ministered to immunocompromised individuals, because these are not live vaccines.
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