38. Utilizing opportunities for immunization
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DO NOT MISS OPPORTUNITIES
Use every available opportunity to ensure that children are
immunized |
All opportunities for immunization should be taken. For
instance, children of immunizable age attending outpatient clinics or admitted
to hospital for other conditions should be immunized with all appropriate
antigens (including measles vaccine) immediately if there is no documentation of
immunization on the immunization card or road-to-health card. The immunization
status of all children discharged from hospital should be checked and
appropriate vaccines administered. Do not forget to ask whether the mother needs
a dose of tetanus
toxoid.
