CPD – Case-based: flu

Module Summary

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

Key learning points

• 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

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