If you are planning a holiday, please check with the clinic about vaccinations.
YOU MUST NOT RECEIVE ANY LIVE VACCINES AT ANY TIME
Live vaccines:
BCG
Yellow fever
MMR (mumps, measles and rubella)
Smallpox
Oral polio (live) Sabin vaccine
Vaccines which you may have:
Tetanus toxoid
Inactivated polio vaccine (IVP)
Hepatitis B vaccine
Hepatitis A vaccine
Meningococcal polysaccharide vaccine
Diphtheria
Influenza
Pertussis (whooping cough)
Pneumococcal vaccine
Cholera (in patients over 6 months of age)
Typhoid (in patients over 12 months of age)
If
you come into contact with chicken pox or other viruses, notify the
Transplant Team immediately.
Check with the doctors on the Transplant Team before receiving any
vaccinations.
We recommend that all patients have an annual ‘Flu Shot’.
This can be obtained from your GP.