QBoost Question of the Week- April 20th 2020

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* Elizabeth is finally pregnant as a result of her 5th IVF cycle, and she is currently in her first trimester. Your nurse noted that she is overdue for her annual influenza vaccination, but Elizabeth is afraid of getting the vaccine injection because of what she has read on the internet. She tells you, “after what I’ve been through, I would rather use intranasal vaccine.”

Which three of the following are ACCURATE statements? (Choose three).

A. Optimally, she should wait until January to have her influenza vaccination, since most of the flu season occurs January through March.

B. The intranasal vaccine is a reasonable alternative to the injectable vaccination during pregnancy.

C. Immunization of pregnant women with injectable influenza vaccines containing thimerosol, a mercury-based preservative, have not been correlated with ill effects in offspring.

D. Both the quadrivalent and trivalent influenza vaccines are inactivated.

E. Her 6 year old step daughter, who lives with her, should also be immunized yearly.