Chapter 61 – Influenza (QE) Sample Questions
1. A 45-year-old mother, with 2 children, went to the pharmacy to ask whether her mother who is 85 years old and lives in a community home, should have a vaccine? Currently influenza outbreak in community, but her mother has no flu like symptoms. She has been told that the vaccine will give her mother the flu.
- A. Recommend Oseltamivir for 5 days prophylaxis
- B. Recommend flu vaccination prophylaxis
- C. Recommend Oseltamivir and flu vaccine
- D. Recommend Amantadine
Ans:
B
Tips: people living in community home without ILI vaccination is recommended
Persons in long term + influenza outbreak + non-symptomatic = antiviral prophylaxis.
If not in community home or long-term care recommend to take flu vaccine as 85-year-old is the high-risk group but she has no symptoms. And also tell her Flu vaccine does not give flu
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