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Module Summary

This case-based module will guide you through the latest evidence in the area of flu

Learning Objectives

To update you on:

  • The different types of flu vaccination available this year and which patients should have which vaccination.
  • What to do if a patient who is allergic to eggs requests vaccination and your vaccine supply has been grown in eggs.
  • Which children cannot have the nasal spray vaccination.
  • What to do if a parent turns down the nasal spray vaccination on religious grounds because it has porcine gelatine in it.
  • Who should have antiviral drugs and when they should be prescribed.
Author

Dr Toni Hazell is a GP in north London

Date module published

Oct 15, 2019

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