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🔹 Why Adult Vaccination is Important • Prevents serious diseases and complications • Reduces hospitalizations and deaths • Protects vulnerable people (elderly, infants, immunocompromised) • Required for travel, healthcare jobs, or certain countries ⸻ 🔹 Routine Vaccines for Adults Influenza (Flu) Vaccine • Given annually • Recommended for all adults ≥19 years • Especially important for pregnant women, elderly, diabetics, heart/lung disease patients • Prevents severe flu complications ⸻ Tetanus, Diphtheria, Pertussis (Td/Tdap) • One dose of Tdap if never received in adulthood • Td or Tdap booster every 10 years • Important during pregnancy (each pregnancy) ⸻ Pneumococcal Vaccine Protects against pneumonia, meningitis, bloodstream infection Types: • PCV (Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine) • PPSV (Pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine) Recommended for: • Adults ≥65 years • Adults 19–64 with chronic illness (diabetes, heart, lung, liver disease, smokers) ⸻ Hepatitis B Vaccine • Recommended for all adults up to age 59 • Adults ≥60 with risk factors • 2 or 3 dose series • Protects against liver infection and liver cancer ⸻ Hepatitis A Vaccine • 2 doses • For travelers, chronic liver disease, high-risk groups ⸻ HPV (Human Papillomavirus) Vaccine • Recommended up to age 26 • Ages 27–45: based on shared clinical decision • Prevents cervical, anal, throat cancers ⸻ Shingles (Herpes Zoster) Vaccine • Recommended for adults ≥50 years • 2 doses • Prevents painful shingles and nerve complications ⸻ MMR (Measles, Mumps, Rubella) • If not vaccinated in childhood or no immunity proof • Important for healthcare workers & travelers ⸻ Varicella (Chickenpox) • If never had disease or vaccine • 2 doses required ⸻ 🔹 Special Situations 🔸 Pregnant Women • Tdap (each pregnancy) • Influenza (any trimester) • Avoid live vaccines (MMR, Varicella) 🔸 Healthcare Workers • Hep B • MMR • Varicella • Influenza annually 🔸 Travelers • Yellow fever • Typhoid • Hep A • Others depending on destination ⸻ 🔹 Common Side Effects • Pain at injection site • Mild fever • Fatigue • Rare: severe allergic reaction ⸻ 🔹 Contraindications • Severe allergic reaction to previous dose • Live vaccines avoided in pregnancy & severe immunocompromise

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