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  1. A healthy 30-year-old patient with no contraindications requests influenza vaccination in October. Which formulation is preferred?

    Answer: Inactivated influenza vaccine (IIV)

    Inactivated influenza vaccine is appropriate for most adults and is the standard recommended formulation.

  2. Which vaccine is contraindicated in a patient with a severe allergy to baker's yeast?

    Answer: Hepatitis B vaccine

    Hepatitis B vaccine is produced in yeast and is contraindicated in patients with severe yeast allergy.

  3. What is the minimum recommended interval between two doses of MMR vaccine in children?

    Answer: 28 days

    The minimum interval between MMR doses is 28 days (4 weeks).

  4. A pregnant patient at 30 weeks gestation should receive which vaccine to protect the newborn from pertussis?

    Answer: Tdap

    Tdap is recommended during each pregnancy, ideally between 27 and 36 weeks, to transfer antibodies and protect the infant from pertussis.

  5. Which route is used to administer the varicella vaccine?

    Answer: Subcutaneous

    Varicella vaccine is administered subcutaneously.

  6. A patient taking high-dose corticosteroids (20 mg prednisone daily for 3 weeks) should avoid which vaccine?

    Answer: MMR

    Live vaccines like MMR are contraindicated in patients on high-dose immunosuppressive corticosteroid therapy.

  7. What is the recommended age to begin the PCV15 or PCV20 pneumococcal series in healthy infants?

    Answer: 2 months

    The pneumococcal conjugate vaccine series begins at 2 months of age in the routine infant schedule.