A nurse is preparing to administer an immunologic drug that produces active immunity. Which of the following might the nurse be administering? Select all that apply
A) Vaccines
B) Antibodies
C) Toxoids
D) Antigens
E) Immune globulin
Ans: A, C
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Both vaccines and toxoids are administered to stimulate the body's immune response to specific antigens or toxins. These agents must be administered before exposure to the disease-causing organism. The initiation of the immune response, in turn, produces resistance to a specific infectious disease. The immunity produced in this manner is active immunity.
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