The vaccine complies with the W.H.O. recommendations (northern hemisphere) decision for the 2006/2007 year season.
INFLUENZA VACCINE(SPLIT)
COMPOSITION
The vaccine is prepared with A and B strains of influenza virus corresponding to prevailing epidemiological evidence of the year, by the procedure of seeding into embryonated chicken eggs, harvesting then being concentrated, purified, split, inactivated and re-purified.
-The vaccine complies with the W.H.O. recommendations (northern hemisphere) decision for the 2006/2007 year season.
– The other components include the following: Thimerosal, Potassium Phosphate Dibasic,Sodium Hydrogen Phosphate,Sodium Chloride, Potassium Chloride .
1. WHEN SHOULD IT BE USED
Vaccin is a suspension for injection in syringe of 0.5 ml .
This vaccine is recommended for the prevention of influenza.
2. INFORMATION REQUIRED BEFORE USING Vaccin
Do not use Vaccin if:
(1) People with fever, acute disease and influenza.
(2) People allergic to egg or with other allergic reaction history.
Take special care with Vaccin:
Inform your doctor if you or your child:
– are immunodepressed,
– are allergic or have shown any abnormal reaction following a previous vaccination.
This vaccine should never be administered by the intravascular route.
3. HOW TO USE
Posology:
For children of 6~35 months, one 0.25 ml syringe, the second injection of 0.25 ml is made 4 weeks after the first injection . For children over 3-years-old, adults and the aged, one injection of 0.5 ml is made.
Method of administration:
Vaccination is located in deltoid muscle of upper arm, mix the product thoroughly before use.
Administration rate and time:
Due to the seasonal nature of influenza, it is recommended to perform vaccination against influenza every year, either at the beginning of autumn in temperate countries or at the beginning of the risk period in tropical countries.
4. UNDESIRABLE EFFECTS
As with all medicinal products, Vaccin may cause undesirable effects:
(1) Redness, swelling and pain may occur in injection site in minor person 12 ~ 24 hours after injection, which will normally disappear in a short period and will not affect normal activities.
(2) Muscle ache, headache, dizziness, sweating, unfitness, fever, shivering and other systemic reactions may occur after vaccination. Normally, no treatment is needed. The reactions will automatically release in one or two days.
(3) Allergic reaction: Seldom seen.
(4) Rare reactions: Neuralgia, arthralgia, paraesthesia, convulsion and transient thrombocytopenia.
(5) Extremely rare reactions: Serious hypersensitivity reactions lead to anaphylactoid shock, vasculitis, transient implicate kidney, nerve confusion, as encephalomyelitis, neuritis and Gullian-Barre syndrome.
5. HOW TO STORE Vaccin
Keep out of the reach and sight of children.
The product should be stored at + 2°C to + 8°C (in a refrigerator) and protected from
light.
Do not freeze.
Do not use after the expiry date indicated on the label or the package.
This vaccine must not be used in the event of coloring or presence of foreign particles.
The shelf life is 12 months.
Influenza Vaccine (split) (for adults in vial)
