vaccinations
BCG staging technique
The TB vaccine is given with the BCG vaccine and is the very first vaccine that a newborn receives in the maternity hospital in the first days of his life. The BCG staging technique is not particularly difficult, but it requires the utmost care, composure and responsibility from the nurse. Only specially trained paramedical personnel are allowed to administer vaccinations.
The decoding of the abbreviation BCG in Russian sounds like “Bacillus Calmette-Guerin”, however, BCG is the “tracing paper” of the Latin abbreviation BCG, which means “bacillus Calmette-Guerin”.
Mantoux test setting
Tuberculin diagnostics, or Mantoux test, is carried out in order to select a contingent of patients for vaccination and revaccination of BCG, as well as to detect tuberculosis and infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Indications for Mantoux test
Appointment of a doctor in accordance with the vaccination schedule:
- from 1 to 7 years - 2 times a year (the interval between the Mantoux test is 6 months);
- from 7 years and older - 1 time per year (interval - 12 months).
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