A nurse is participating in a vaccination clinic at the local free clinic. The nurse is explaining to several mothers that vaccinations are meant to prevent infectious diseases
Which vaccine programs have been the most successful? (Mark all that apply.)
Programs for the prevention of:
A) Polio
B) Diphtheria
C) Hepatitis
D) Tuberculosis
E) Pertusis
Ans: B
Feedback: The most successful vaccine programs have been ones for the prevention of smallpox, measles, mumps, rubella, polio, diphtheria, pertussis, and tetanus. There is no vaccine for tuberculosis. Hepatitis is not counted as one of the most successful vaccination programs.
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