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1000 Points In New Born Care – Part 9

1000 Points In New Born Care

1. After giving this vaccine the baby can be given bath. For instance, following any vaccination babies can be given bath. There is no restriction to give bath.
2. Polio drops should also be given along with Triple vaccine at monthly interval for four months.
3. Two drops of Poliomyeltis vaccine should be instilled in the mouth.
4. After putting polio drops it is better to avoid feeding for half an hour.
5. It is better to start the Hepatitis ‘B’ Vaccine, the so called Jaundice Injection.
6. This Hepatitis ‘B’ vaccine should be started soon after birth. Three doses should be given at an internal of one month. Or else for the first two months it should be given at monthly intervals and the third dose should be given at the end of months.
7. BCG vaccine should be given within the layers of skin. In other technical words, it should be given intradermally.
8. After giving this BCG vaccine, no need to rub it. At the site of vaccination, a small vesicle develops by the end of four weeks. Subsequently, it becomes pustule and around 6-8 weeks pustule bursts and heals of its own accord and a scar will form.
9. After 9 months of age Measles Vaccine should be given. This vaccine can be given below the skin or inside the muscles. It is advisable to give below the skin. In technical words it is called as subcutaneously.
10. A vaccine to protect brain fever by a bacteria called Haemophilus Influenza should be started from either 1 1/2 months or 2 months of age. The colloquial terminology of brain fever means infection of the brain and also the infection of the membranes which covers the brain.